WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
high′ wa′ters, (used with a pl. v.)[Slang.]
- Clothing, Slang Termstrousers short enough to expose the ankles, esp. as worn by growing children whom they earlier fit. Also called flooders.
- 1855–60, American.
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