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bell-bottoms

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bell-bot·toms (blbtmz)
pl.n.
Trousers with legs that flare at the bottom.
bell-bottoms
pl n
(Clothing & Fashion) trousers that flare from the knee and have wide bottoms
bell-bottomed  adj
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Noun1.bell-bottoms - trousers with legs that flarebell-bottoms - trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s
bellbottom pants, bellbottom trousers
trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers"
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Translations
bell-bottoms [ˈbeˈbɔtəmz] NPL → pantalones mpl de campana
bell-bottoms [ˈbelˌbɒtəmz] npl → pantaloni mpl a zampa d'elefante
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