Green’s Dictionary of Slang

rammy rousers n.

also ripsy rousers
[rhy. sl. + link to rammies n. (1)]

(Aus.) trousers.

[Aus]Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: So I threw off my Barrel Of Fat, Dicky Dirt, Rammy Rousers and Daisy Roots, and dived into the Mother and Daughter.
[Aus]Sport (Adelaide) 5 July 9/2: Dick was too tight to lend Rattle a pin [...] to pin up his rammys .
[Aus]West. Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 6 July 17/1: Hubby [...] pulled a pair of ‘rammy rousers’ over his pyjamas.
[UK]D. Runyon in Star (Marion, OH) 31 July 6/8: In the original ‘round the houses’ was trousers, which the Americans or Australians turned into ‘ripsy-rousers.’.
[SA]L.F. Freed Crime in S. Afr. 105: His ‘stovies’ or his ‘rammies’ are, of course, his narrow-bottomed trousers.
[Aus]J. Meredith Learn to Talk Old Jack Lang 19: So I threw off my barrel of fat, dicky dirt, rammy rousers and daisy roots, and dived into the mother and daughter.
[Aus]Pete’s Aussie Sl. Home Page 🌐 rammy rousers: trousers.