kontekletser
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From kont (“butt”) + kletser (“smacker”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kontekletser m (plural kontekletsers, diminutive kontekletsertje n)
- a fairly long, usually split coattail which tends to tap the wearer's bottom; hence, tails, a tuxedo
- 1933, K. de Wolf, “Van 't leventje op 't Sin Zilles'”, in Biekorf, volume 39, number 6, Brugge: A. van Poelvoorde, page 173:
- De Gazon was fijn uitgeklopt: met 'en ‘kontekletser’ die zwart, dan groene en wederom zwart geworden was van 't koolstof;
- De Gazon was nicely dusted off: with long coattails that had turned black, then green, then black again from the soot;
- 1971, Gaston Pieter Baert, Kunst- en oudheidkundige kring Deinze: Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis der stad Deinze en van het land Leie en Schelde[1], number 38, page 156:
- De knotsdragers waren ouderwets gekleed met tuithoed, kontekletser, korte zijden broek, zijden kousen en balsluffertjes met gespen, en alletwee gebrild gelijk de Koning.
- The [ceremonial] clubbearers were dressed old-fashioned in tricorn hats, long coat-tails, short silk trousers, silk stockings, and ballroom slippers with buckles, and both bespectacled just like the King.
- 1984 July, Octaaf van Kamp, “Jeugdherinneringen: Pastoor Van Looy”, in De Poemp[2], number 9, page 3, column 2:
- Zijn lange jas, ongeveer model kontekletser, had zilveren knopen.
- His long coat, approximately of the type 'buttsmacker' had silver buttons.
Synonyms
[edit]- billenkletser m
- (garment only) billentikker m
Related terms
[edit]- kontroffel m
- kletsregenen (verb)