threads

threads
threads hreads (thr[e^]dz), n. pl. Clothes; clothing; as, he was wearing his new threads at the party. [Slang] [PJC]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • threads — n. clothing. □ When’d you get new threads, man? □ Good looking threads on Wal ly, huh? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • threads — n Clothes. Those look like expensive threads he is wearing. 1960s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

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  • threads — n clothes. A usage which originated in the black influenced jive talk of the 1930s in the USA. Like many similar American isms, it was imported into Britain and Australia with the youth culture of the 1960s. If used today the term is generally… …   Contemporary slang

  • threads — clothes, glad rags, rags    Hey, Lucy. Nice threads! I love your jacket …   English idioms

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