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turn-ups

n. (turn-up English)

Usage examples of "turn-ups".

Lurking behind the canvases is his suit-a relic from days when well-paid lectureships were easily available, the fashion was for narrow lapels and no turn-ups, and he had a tax rebate to spend.

The Board of Trade tinkers with the problem by, for example, suppressing the turn-ups of trouser ends, but is already contemplating putting everyone into battledress.

He was proud of that suit even though within months of buying it, lapels became wider and turn-ups came back into fashion.

Ted found that the trousers tried to cling together at the turn-ups when he walked.

The turn-ups filled with fluff which wadded into felt, but he couldn’t bend to clean them out with his finger.

He wore grey flannel trousers whose turn-ups flopped over well-worn leather slippers.