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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
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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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