long, baggy knickers for men, introduced before World War I and worn until the 1930s for sports activities, especially golf (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/plus+fours)
"On the minus side he was unbelievably affected: he was black and from Cleveland but dressed in Scottish tweeds and smoked a fat Turk's-head pipe. He was the first person Quentin had ever seen in real life wearing plus fours."
- Lev Grossman, The Magician's Land
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