harem pants

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plural noun

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

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Origin of harem pants

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby harem pants

harebrained, hareem, Hare Krishna, harelip, harem, harem pants, hare's-foot, hare's-foot fern, harestail, harewood, Harewood House

How to use harem pants in a sentence

So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He wore white gloves, a dignified long black coat, and matching pants and vest, and he carried a dark walking stick.
The Black Man Who Replaced Jefferson Davis in the Senate|Philip Dray|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If you Google “Muslim Christmas tree star” you will see a list of right-wing websites wetting their pants over this.
Why Muslims Love Jesus Too|Dean Obeidallah|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Plaza Hotel cooked a fancy-pants latke with red wine braised oxtail, horseradish sunchoke cream, and crispy kale.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Shirtless bros with pillowy lips and cargo pants pulled down to expose tufts of pubic hair.
Abercrombie & Ditch: The Fall of the House of Tween|Lizzie Crocker|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You're ridin' game in a tough place, as any man has to do who starts with only his pants and his head on.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete|Gilbert Parker
He is an old, grizzled man dressed in dungaree pants, a sweater, and a woolen cap with ear flaps.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays|Various
He wears the same corduroy pants that Uncle Ben gave him on his twenty-first birthday.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
A harem's a bo'd'n-house, I reck'n. Mos' likely dey has rackety times in de nussery.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
When she stepped past the nodding eunuchs who were standing guard at the harem entrance, she felt a little quiver.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis