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bell-bottom

American  
[bel-bot-uhm] / ˈbɛlˌbɒt əm /

adjective

  1. Also bell-bottomed. (of trousers) wide and flaring at the bottoms of the legs.

noun

  1. (used with a plural verb) bell-bottoms, bell-bottom trousers.

Etymology

Origin of bell-bottom

First recorded in 1885–90

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