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bell bottoms

bell bottoms is the alternative form of bell-bottoms.

Meaning of bell-bottoms

Noun

bell-bottoms pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Pants that are flared from the knee downwards, a characteristic style of the 1970s.
    • After landing, Brody, wearing bell-bottoms and large green sunglasses, announced to assembled reporters that he would be giving away his $25 million fortune to ordinary people to spread love and “cure the problems of the world.”2022 April 27, Jennifer Schuessler, “An Heir, a $25 Million Giveaway and 30,000 Unopened Letters”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    flares

Questions about bell bottoms

What is bell bottoms the alternative form of?
Bell bottoms is the alternative form of bell-bottoms.

Words near bell bottoms in the dictionary

  1. bell arches
  2. Bell Bar
  3. Bell Bay
  4. bell bean
  5. bell beans
  6. bell bottoms
  7. bell boy
  8. bell boys
  9. bell buoy
  10. bell buoys
  11. Bell Busk

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