After heavy rain it became very muddy, and the men cut down their trousers which led to the adoption of shorts throughout.
"The Story of the "9th King's" in France"
Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts
I now, for the first time, perceived that Waller was arrayed in a very decorous suit of dark grey, with cord shorts and boots, and looked a very knowing style of servant for the side of a tilbury.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
I lost no time in selecting an adviser, and taking the necessary steps to bring Master Waller to a reckoning; and on the third morning we again reached Cheltenham, I thirsting for vengeance, and bursting still with anger; not so, my friend, however, who never could discuss the affair with common gravity, and even ventured every now and then on a sly allusion to my yellow shorts.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)