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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun trousers with legs that flare; commonly worn as part of a sailor's uniform; -- such absurdly wide hems were also fashionable in the 1960s.

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  • noun Alternative form of bell-bottoms.

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  • noun trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s

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