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Definition of Bell-bottomed
1. Adjective. (of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom. "Bell-bottomed trousers"
Definition of Bell-bottomed
1. Adjective. A style of pants in which the end of each pantleg flares out dramatically from the knee downward, like the mouth of a bell. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bell-bottomed
Literary usage of Bell-bottomed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"bell-bottomed, adj. a particular fashion of trouser affected by the larrikin (qv).
1891. ' The Argus,' Dec. 5, p. 13, col. 2: "Can it be that the pernicious ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"Unlike the lithe brown fellow with fierce hawk eyes of poem and story, he was
small and lean— so very lean that the tight bell-bottomed trousers and short ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1827)
"... can you show your regard better, than by loving, and loving dearly, yon little
laughing, bell-bottomed article of a daughter of theirs ? ..."
4. The Colonel's Dream by Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1905)
"The men wore stocks and neckcloths, bell-bottomed trousers with straps under
their shoes, and frock coats very full at the top and buttoned tightly at the ..."
5. Australian Life in Town and Country by Ernest Charles Buley (1905)
"... consisting of a short coat with a velvet collar, an open vest, and narrow
neck-tie, bell-bottomed trousers, and a soft felt hat with a broad stiff rim. ..."
6. Along Parallel Lines: A History of the Railways of New South Wales by John Gunn (1989)
"On the day before the opening, Newtown's first stationmaster, in his uniform of
top hat, frock coat and bell-bottomed trousers, presented himself with some ..."
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