Bermuda shorts

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noun (used with a plural verb)

shorts extending almost to the knee, worn for informal warm-weather dress.

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Origin of Bermuda shorts

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby Bermuda shorts

Bermuda lily, Bermuda onion, Bermuda palmetto, Bermuda rig, Bermudas, Bermuda shorts, Bermuda Triangle, Bermudian, Bern, Bernadette, Bernadette of Lourdes

How to use Bermuda shorts in a sentence

The first public screening of Pathé film shorts took place sometime around 1903.
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Our first film was all visual with no sound, and it turned into No More Excuses—which is five shorts in one intercut.
The Renegade: Robert Downey Sr. on His Classic Films, Son’s Battle with Drugs, and Bill Cosby|Marlow Stern|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I stripped down to my gym shorts and stretched out on my cot.
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A photo of the most recent professional tournament showed a fully male, predominantly white, t-shirt and cargo-shorts-clad top 8.
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He wears a black Under Armour T-shirt, red basketball shorts, sneakers, and white socks hiked up to his calves.
The Ugly Truth About Cory Booker, New Jersey’s Golden Boy|Olivia Nuzzi|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Thomas Harvey, a distinguished officer in the British navy, died at Bermuda, aged 65.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The yachts at Malta are principally cutter or Bermuda rigged vessels, and range from 20-tonners downward.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
She had torn open bags of beans, shorts, bran, chop-feed and cotton-seed meal.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur
He stood up straight and lean-muscled, in a pair of duck shorts.
The Devil's Asteroid|Manly Wade Wellman
During the night Butler decided to withdraw his army within his fortified lines at Bermuda Hundred.
My Service in the U.S. Colored Cavalry|Frederick W. Browne

British Dictionary definitions for Bermuda shorts

Bermuda shorts

pl n

close-fitting shorts that come down to the kneesAlso called: Bermudas

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