a. and sb. [UN-1 7 b, 12.]
1. adj. Not fit to be printed. (Common c. 1893–.)
1871. St. Paul’s Mag., Aug., 457. Articles that were utterly unprintable.
1898. Punch, 9 July, 10/1. What the groom says is unprintable!
2. sb. pl. Trousers; = UNMENTIONABLE sb.
1860. W. W. Reade, Liberty Hall, I. iii. 32. Arrayed in black coat, tie, studs, waistcoat, unprintables.
