bell-bottomed
- a word derived from bell-bottoms.
Example Sentences
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For her first performance at the Grammys since 2022, Gaga sported a '60s-era knitted beanie and a long, lacey dress, while Mars looked equally fitting in a straw fedora and bell-bottomed suit.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025
But a consensus has emerged that it started with a group of bell-bottomed buddies from San Rafael High School in California, who called themselves “the Waldos.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
They grooved to the music in bell-bottomed trousers, wide-lapeled shirts and platform shoes, said Harry Manaka, author of “Chronicles of a Sansei Rocker” and a former owner of the bar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2022
Unfinished paintings of a bell-bottomed John Travolta and nunchuck-spinning Bruce Lee adorned the walls of his crammed Accra studio.
From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2022
He picked up the bell-bottomed trousers, the blouse, the zippicamiknicks.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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