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harem pants

American  

plural noun

  1. women's pants usually made of soft fabric and having full legs gathered at the ankle.


Etymology

Origin of harem pants

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

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Then it’s right back to knights in white satin and the realization that men’s gauze harem pants were once an instrument of liberation.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Ingres and Matisse transformed the reclining body into an odalisque, dressing their women in sheer harem pants and silk turbans, decorating them with bejeweled peacock-feather fans.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2023

Trousers were loose-fitting harem pants with wrapped details, paired, for example, with a crisscross top.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2021

Even Fred Couples, the king of cool who is paired with Phil in the final twosome, appears to be rocking harem pants.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 28, 2020

She wears a scarf on her head and some brown-and-red gauzy harem pants.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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