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cycling shorts

British  

plural noun

  1. tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc

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On a hot early summer morning, a steady stream of pilgrims ducked each other’s selfie sticks in front of the jewel-encrusted St. James statue, some still in tight cycling shorts or sweat-stained hiking shirts.

From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2023

“So you have a special undercarriage that went under some cycling shorts so he could open a special Vecna pouch and go to the loo.”

From The Verge • May 28, 2022

Also, the September 2019 issue of Paris Vogue saw Hailey Bieber donning a plethora of Diana’s iconic off-duty looks — think oversized sweatshirts with Lycra cycling shorts — for a multipage spread.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2020

Cycling teams, from casual clubs to the most serious professionals, typically reorder custom-designed “kits” of cycling shorts, jerseys, jackets and other garments every year, in part because the businesses that sponsor the teams change.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2015

In the 1950s, the cycling cartoonist Johnny Helms perfectly depicted the cyclist's nightmare: a mischievous breed of hound with sharklike teeth and gaping grin, often with a scrap of cycling shorts in its mouth.

From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2010

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