bell-bottoms

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Bell bottom jeans.

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bell-bottoms pl (plural only)

  1. (plural only) Pants that are flared from the knee downwards, a characteristic style of the 1970s.
    Synonym: flares
    • 2022 April 27, Jennifer Schuessler, “An Heir, a $25 Million Giveaway and 30,000 Unopened Letters”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
      After landing, Brody, wearing bell-bottoms and large green sunglasses, announced to assembled reporters that he would be giving away his $25 million fortune to ordinary people to spread love and “cure the problems of the world.”

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