Oxford bags

British  

plural noun

1. Often shortened to: bags.  trousers with very wide baggy legs, originally popular in the 1920s

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Example Sentences

Moments later, he was on stage, sporting a three-quarter-length Alexander McQueen frock coat, wonderfully wide Oxford bags and long hair swept to the side a la Veronica Lake.

From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2018

Gone were the fey garments of The Man Who Sold the World and Hunky Dory eras: no more Mr Fish man-dresses, Dietrich-style locks, Oxford bags, floppy hats or flowing chemises.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2015

I'd get my mother to make me pink satin Oxford bags, which I'd wear with platform shoes on the bus going into town.

From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2013

With the great American hitters�including Snead�golf had got out of its Oxford bags.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dad grinned vacantly, and walked so that his pants cuffs swished like Oxford bags.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey