trouser-leg

One policeman, watching his receding back view, frowned uncertainly at the brilliant segments between trouser-leg and shoe and started slowly after him.

The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

There is only so much trouser-leg I can rip at one go.

Archive 2007-08-01 2007

Ne'ertheless I still got the after-effects for the rest of the day - despite scrubbing, the gentle waft of food smells issued from my trouser-leg during the whole afternoon...

Ups and downs, work and home - and dancing around jinty 2007

Pantaleone got up, looked at his watch, straightened his topknot of hair, and hurriedly stuffed into his shoe an end of tape which was sticking out below his trouser-leg, and the young sub-lieutenant came in, as red and embarrassed as ever.

The Torrents of Spring 2006

His hands came up to run through his hair, returning it to a semblance of order, then adjusted his neck-tie, dashed ineffectually at the stained knee of one trouser-leg, and finally shifted to his inner chest pocket to pull out his pouch of Bull Durham.

Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

I rolled up a trouser-leg to show 'em my ankles over cocktails one evening.

How Un-Ladylike! ailbhe 2005

He wiped it on his trouser-leg and peeled off five of the bills and put the rest in his back pocket.

No Country For Old Men McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- 2005

His hands came up to run through his hair, returning it to a semblance of order, then adjusted his neck-tie, dashed ineffectually at the stained knee of one trouser-leg, and finally shifted to his inner chest pocket to pull out his pouch of Bull Durham.

Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

He took a knife from a pouch on his trouser-leg and sliced quietly and easily around the crumbling putty of the bottom left - hand panel, then tipped the loose glass towards himself.

Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

One policeman, watching his receding back view, frowned uncertainly at the brilliant segments between trouser-leg and shoe and started slowly after him.

Field Of Thirteen Francis, Dick 1998