Definition of lederhosen
: leather shorts often with suspenders worn especially in Bavaria
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Each year villagers gather at the Gasthaus Fliegl restaurant, where, accompanied by a brass band in lederhosen, the religious Saint George Society invites locals to join an Easter Monday horseback ride.
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Drop the lederhosen and beer steins of Bavaria and head to Germany’s beachy North Sea barrier islands, Sylt and Amrum.
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Senior Katy Nelson is co-president and in charge of the attire, the dirndl for women and lederhosen for men.
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There will be German Oompah music all afternoon by The Happy Wanderers and Jimmy's Bavarians, interspersed with contests like the stein holding competition and the lederhosen and dirndl contests for men and women.
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The German American Society near 120th and L Streets puts on a Christmas dinner and program for the groups — complete with pork schnitzel, lederhosen and German singing and dancing, said Frank Freihaut, the organization’s president.
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Oktoberfest's first night was beautiful and warm, and the broad aisles between the booths on 2nd and 3rd quickly got crowded with Cincinnatians in chicken hats and lederhosen, eating a lot of meat and carbohydrates washed down with beer.
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Books & Brews will begin tapping its newest, The Hunt for Red Oktoberfest, and offering discounts and a lederhosen competition. Bier Brewery Pumpkin Ale Party 6 p.m. Sep. 16, The Bier Brewery, 5133 E. 65th St., free, bierbrewery.com.
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Wear lederhosen or a dirndl and the first beer is free.
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Origin and Etymology of lederhosen
German, from Middle High German lederhose, from leder leather + hose trousers
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