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
Their hip-hugging bell-bottoms are dimly remembered embarrassments, like the ERA.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2022
For the longest time it looked as if the gatekeeping Boomers were embarrassed by the 1970s and all that it encompassed – Nixon, disco, the energy crisis, Punk, the fall of Saigon, bell-bottoms.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2022
Crumpled yellow bell-bottoms and a go-go bag that was loved.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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