a. and sb. [UN-1 7 b.]
a. adj. Unmentionable even in a whisper.
1853. Mrs. Gore, Dean’s Daughter, II. 193. Turbid waters … worthy only of the four rivers of an unwhisperable region.
b. sb. Trousers. slang.
1837. Knickerbocker Mag., March, 288. How could he … see about procuring himself a new pair of unwhisperables from his host, when [etc.].
1863. G. A. Sala, Captain Dangerous, I. Pref. p. vi. Unprotected females didn’t venture in unwhisperables into the depths of Norwegian forests.
