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bell-bottom

[bel-bot-uh m]
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adjective
  1. Also bell-bot·tomed. (of trousers) wide and flaring at the bottoms of the legs.
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noun
  1. bell-bottoms, (used with a plural verb) bell-bottom trousers.
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Origin of bell-bottom

First recorded in 1885–90
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British Dictionary definitions for bell-bottoms

bell-bottoms

pl n
  1. trousers that flare from the knee and have wide bottoms
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Derived Formsbell-bottomed, adjective
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