Note to Much Ado About Nothing, 3.2.36: "slops"


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Act 3, Scene 2, line 36.
slops: loose breeches, fastened below the knee. —As you can see from the image below, slops were considered to be appropriate for a youth. For Benedick, slops are fancy pants, announcing his transformation from a soldier into a lover.




Sir Walter Raleigh in trunk hose, and his son in loose slops, 1602
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