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boot-cut

British  

adjective

  1. (of trousers) slightly flared at the bottom of the legs

"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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He arrived wearing a thrifted orange zip-up hoodie, a camouflage cropped tee and boot-cut jeans—an aesthetic designed to complement the venue’s Latin and jazz scene.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

You barrel-curl your hair, cake on the eye shadow and liner, put on your low-rise, boot-cut True Religion jeans and heels, and your going-out top.

From Washington Post Jan. 7, 2023

Pieces include everything from a cheeky strawberry-print umbrella with a leather handle to a pair of boot-cut jeans covered with GG studs, a printed silk pillowcase with patches and, of course, skateboards.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2022

On a recent afternoon at Camden Market in North London, the 22-year-old rapper wore a crisp button-down under a Ralph Lauren puffer jacket, boot-cut jeans and a white messenger bag.

From New York Times Aug. 20, 2021

A guy sporting a 2S T-shirt with boot-cut jeans rings a cowbell.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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