bell-bottoms
Britishplural noun
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Dressed in 7-inch neon heels and translucent yellow bell-bottoms, Mary Serritella was defying gravity and expectations on a recent Wednesday night at Hollywood’s Bourbon Room.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024
She held public office continuously since she was first elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969, the days of bell-bottoms and love beads.
From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2023
But to screen “Schoolhouse Rock” as an adult is to visit a different period in cultural history, and not just because of the bell-bottoms.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2023
Their hip-hugging bell-bottoms are dimly remembered embarrassments, like the ERA.
From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2022
One leg of her denim bell-bottoms was rolled up to expose a white, bony knee on which a face had been drawn.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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