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cycling shorts

British  

plural noun

  1. tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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On a hot early summer morning, a steady stream of pilgrims ducked each other’s selfie sticks in front of the jewel-encrusted St. James statue, some still in tight cycling shorts or sweat-stained hiking shirts.

From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2023

That morning, she had dressed in yellow cycling shorts and a T-shirt with a picture of a dirt bike on it, and her curly half-blond hair was arranged half up, half down.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022

“So you have a special undercarriage that went under some cycling shorts so he could open a special Vecna pouch and go to the loo.”

From The Verge • May 28, 2022

Also, the September 2019 issue of Paris Vogue saw Hailey Bieber donning a plethora of Diana’s iconic off-duty looks — think oversized sweatshirts with Lycra cycling shorts — for a multipage spread.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2020

Yet despite the alleged protection they offered against injury, where are cycling shorts now?

From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2010

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