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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
panto
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
baggy
▪ Self-destructive Melissa, that kooky chick who sometimes wore braces over a singlet to hold up her baggy pants.
▪ Suzanne, forty-something, looking respectable in baggy pants and a blouse, used to work here.
▪ It consists of a loose shirt, or tunic, with baggy pants, tied together in the middle with a belt.
▪ The insurance companies hid behind my old coats and baggy pants and my boots with the run-over heels.
▪ How about updating the context, dressing the youths in flannels and baggy pants?
▪ A chubby little man in a short-sleeved sport shirt and baggy gray twill pants came out the door.
black
▪ She dressed in an unvarying uniform of black ski pants and pink mohair pullover which became grubbier as the weeks passed.
▪ Tony Rich, wearing a fleece-trimmed black jacket with black satin pants and a derby.
▪ When not working the girls dressed alike in black tight pants, black leather jackets and black suede boots.
▪ Blue Mooney stood in the unlit doorway in his black pants, black shirt, black boots.
▪ She wears a large loose-knit white sweater and a pair of tight black pants.
▪ There is not a corpuscle to spare between her lean, muscular frame and her black Diesel pants.
▪ Ladies have sheer or bare legs, trendies cover up with black leather pants.
▪ But Tuesday night she appeared soft, relaxed and regal, even in a businesslike black pants suit.
blue
▪ He wears navy blue short pants and a little navy blue jacket with bright gold buttons.
▪ He wore white loafers, shiny blue nylon sweat pants, and a white golf shirt a size or two too small.
▪ The girl was lying on her side with her pink leotard and blue corduroy pants piled on top of her.
hot
▪ This time I was making hot pants and rainbow striped jumpers.
▪ She has graduated from the brown velvet hot pants of her stockbroker days to Armani, Ralph and Prada.
▪ Bikini bottoms look more like high-waisted hot pants, while swimsuits are squared off across the thighs or skirted.
▪ She got hot pants for this guy twice her age.
▪ Alexis's hot pants, £30; top £25, Juliette Spatchett at Hyper Hyper.
▪ For mock leather C&A waistcoats £21.99, jeans, £24.99, hot pants, £16.99.
khaki
▪ Kaczynski wore khaki pants and a long-sleeved green shirt during his appearance.
▪ His Saigon khaki pants were clean.
▪ Hanmer was wearing a white golf shirt and khaki pants he apparently used for gardening.
▪ Frank had a perfect bubble-butt and massive thigh muscles clearly outlined in his khaki pants.
▪ It was practically empty except for two middle-aged men in khaki pants and cotton shirts lounging over a quart of beer.
short
▪ His short pants have shoved up over the bare knees and one shows bloody scratches.
▪ He wears navy blue short pants and a little navy blue jacket with bright gold buttons.
▪ He was wearing only a sleeveless vest and a pair of short pants that reached almost to his bony knees.
▪ Some say the invaders wear short pants.
▪ The mice-children in these episodes wear sailor suits, or short pants with bibs and braces over little stripy jumpers.
▪ Every long table is filled with oldsters in their golden years costumes-juvenile ensembles of short pants, shirts, and sneakers.
▪ He never allowed his hands, his striped short pants or anything other than his polished shoes to touch the floor.
white
▪ I bet you were shitting your elegant white pants when you heard I was here.
▪ The players wore short-sleeve white shirts, long white pants and dark bow ties, with baseball caps and white sneakers.
▪ He had bright white pants, black gym shoes.
White shirt, open at the neck; white pants, white shoes, white socks.
■ VERB
pull
▪ Thereafter, the defendant must have pulled down her pants and tights and stabbed her private parts a number of times.
▪ Later, you pull up your pants and wait for the pain to go away.
▪ Next year, George Clooney is going to pull his pants down for a guaranteed 55 share.
▪ I reached over and pulled her pants back up.
▪ Seconds later, he was sidling, helping me pull down his pants.
▪ His checked shirt was pulled out of his pants, and his belly button was showing.
put
▪ As if this isn't difficult enough, she has to remember, too, to put the pants on before her trousers.
▪ He was so tired his bones ached; but he crawled out of bed, put on his pants and watch.
▪ I got up and dropped some pennies on the floor when I put my pants on.
▪ It was what allowed you to put your pants on in the morning.
▪ Would he have put it in his pants pocket?
scare
▪ Though, mind you, it scares the pants off poor old Crumwallis.
▪ The tests scare the pants off many managers.
▪ It took ten minutes to reach Honey Cottage, with Yanto trying his best to scare the pants off Mary.
▪ Lovely people who scared the pants off him.
shit
▪ I bet you were shitting your elegant white pants when you heard I was here.
wear
▪ She also wears skin-tight red pants.
▪ Like Angelita, who also helps them teach, but from her seat, Ilena is wearing pants.
▪ Why do I have to wear another man's pants?
▪ Kaczynski wore khaki pants and a long-sleeved green shirt during his appearance.
▪ I don't wear the pants.
▪ He wears navy blue short pants and a little navy blue jacket with bright gold buttons.
▪ Another habit that our ancestors would have frowned on was women wearing pants.
▪ Some say the invaders wear short pants.
wet
▪ Lewis beat him a further ten times, claimed Joe, who was so scared that he wet his pants.
▪ I almost wet in my pants before I got off the track to relieve myself.
▪ I dribbled, I wet my pants, even banged my head on the furniture, and bawled ... bawled almost nonstop.
▪ She was shifting from one foot to the other; she felt as if she was going to wet her pants.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As Nelson paraded in front of the jury, the pants fell to his knees.
▪ Crazy is living in a fog and pissing your pants.
▪ His shirt and his wool-blend flare-leg pants were made to measure in Kabul.
▪ I tossed the sandals I was wearing into the backseat and hunched my long pants off.
▪ Looking at him in the dim light I saw he was clad only in vest and pants.
▪ The players wore short-sleeve white shirts, long white pants and dark bow ties, with baseball caps and white sneakers.
▪ There were flowers on the table but no pants in the laundry basket.
▪ They can wear a sweatshirt or blouse, with culottes or sweat pants.
Wiktionary
panto

n. 1 (context British informal English) Short form of pantomime 2 (context rail transport informal English) Short form of pantograph

WordNet
panto

n. an abbreviation of pantomime

Wikipedia
Panto

Panto may refer to:

  • Pantomime, a musical comedy stage production, developed in England and mostly performed during Christmas and New Year season
  • American pantomime, a theatre entertainment, derived from the distinctly English entertainment genre
  • Panto (surname)
  • Pantograph (rail), an overhead current collector for a tram or electric train
  • Pantoprazole, a proton pump inhibitor
  • Panto!, a 2012 ITV Christmas special
Panto (surname)

Panto is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Giorgio Panto (1941–2006), Italian entrepreneur and politician
  • Miguel Ángel Pantó (born 1912), Argentine footballer
  • Pete Panto (1911–1939), American longshoreman and union activist
  • Sal Panto Jr. (born 1951), American businessman and politician

Usage examples of "panto".

The survivors of the former battles, under Huanca Auqui, Ahua Panti, and Pacta Mayta, were to attack the enemy on one flank, and to march into Cotabamba.

Baudelaire, Poe, Dream-Shakespeare, Hollywood, panto, fairy tale: Carter wears her influences openly, for she is their deconstructionist, their saboteur.

At the herbal remedy shop at the end of the Panti trail tour, one of the women bought a bottle of something that was supposed to help her husband with his marital duties.

Especially at night, for the streets about featured theatres, pantos, and magic-lantern houses.