Bellbottom Pants (Noun)
Meaning
(used in the plural) trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Usages
Examples
- Flared jeans are a modern version of the old-fashioned bellbottom pants that sailors used to wear.
- The hippies of the 1960s wore bright, colorful bellbottom pants as a symbol of their counterculture movement.
- In the 1970s, bellbottom pants became so wide that they were often referred to as "elephant ears."
- Sailors still wear bellbottom pants as part of their uniform, although the style is much more subdued than it was in the 1960s.
- The absurdly wide hems on her grandmother's old bellbottom pants made her laugh and reminisce about the fashion trends of the past.