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bellbottoms

bellbottoms 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 bellbottoms

What is bellbottoms the alternative form of?
Bellbottoms is the alternative form of bell-bottoms.

Words near bellbottoms in the dictionary

  1. Bellbird Creek
  2. Bellbird Heights
  3. bellbirds
  4. bellbottom
  5. bellbottomed
  6. bellbottoms
  7. bellbox
  8. bellboxes
  9. bellboy
  10. bellboys
  11. Bellbrae

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