2006-10-30 20:33:12 · 7 answers · asked by michael l 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Kecks (meaning ‘trousers’) is identified by the OED as chiefly northern English and Scottish, although Partridge’s 1961 Dictionary of Slang and Shaw et al’s 1966 Lern Yerself Scouse both attribute it especially to Liverpool.
2006-10-31 02:00:32 · answer #1 · answered by fidget 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kecks kegs : Kecks is slang for shreddies; trollies; underpants- Shreddies and Trollies -are also underpants. Kegs are known as trousers.
Keks is British slang for underwear.The word is also widely used for a " matching set " of clothes .
It is Naval slang coming from Dung Hampers -so it origins could be there. It has many meaning in different countries. For example: "keks" is a very common British word in the North of the country. In Sweden "Keks" means biscuits. "Strides" is also used in Sweden for trousers (as in Australia!).
2006-10-30 22:44:31 · answer #2 · answered by VelvetRose 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
British Slang Pants
2016-10-18 03:06:22 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its Mersey Slang
See below
Kecks: Trousers. Dis pur a kecks is too tight. These trousers are too tight. Spiegl notes that "kicks" is eighteenth century thieves' slang for trousers. But I notice that in Lancashire "kecks" referred to the hollow stems of the common hemlock. It was used by lads to shoot peas with, and also to make flute like instruments. Since "drainies" referred in the sixties and seventies to the way narrow and closely fitting young men's pants resembled drain pipes, I would not rule out a connection between hemlock stems and trousers. Kecks can also mean underpants, usually female.
Sources: ANS, LS1, GLD
2006-10-30 20:43:41 · answer #4 · answered by Basement Bob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my army days Scotsmen invariably referred to knickers as keks, when a crate of biscuits turned up labelled KEKS they thought it was hilarious. I assume it is a standard scottish word.
2006-10-31 09:26:05 · answer #5 · answered by bo nidle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term 'kecks' for trousers derives from 'kicks'. It was theives slang - and is very old. In olden days a theif could be hanged, hanged men kick their legs as they die - hence 'kicks' turned to 'kecks'
2006-10-30 22:48:11 · answer #6 · answered by NORSE-MAN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Just one God. (2) Honor yer Ma &Pa. (3) No tellin' tales or gossipin'. (4) Git yourself to Sunday meetin' (5) Put nothin' before God. (6) No foolin' around with another fellow's gal. (7) No killin.' (8) Watch yer mouth. (9) Don't take what ain't yers. (10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff
2016-03-17 06:02:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knickers. Nobody in the 70s would have been seen dead in drainpipes - they wore flares.
2006-10-31 05:20:13 · answer #8 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋