Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Capri pants.
Wiktionary
- n. capri pants
Examples
“The non-smoking section was made up of an amalgamation of typical middle Tennessee -- a middle aged woman in capris, with a Coach bag and fine highlights; an interior designer meeting with a client; two young couples: one with two adorable little boys dressed in madras pants and polo shirts with the collar up, the other childless, faces pinched at the noise.”
“Don’t you think a bunch of dudes in capris tossing around a ball and patting each others asses is sort of well you know … gay ….”
Think Progress » Cheney: Telling Leahy to ‘f*ck’ himself was ‘sort of the best thing I ever did.’
“The capris are my staples from, De Designs, not free.”
“Whoever invented "capris" should be subjected to biting bugs that favor the lower leg.”
“Her denim capris were fitted and showed the world that post-baby weight was certainly not a problem for her.”
“For the total "look", add a pair of flowered stretch capris, a belly bag and a slightly tight tee shirt. kathleengam”
“My husband and I wear shorts (longish shorts, I grant you) in hot weather, capris in warm weather (just me ... he's still in his shorts), and jeans in the winter.”
“I'm tired of wearing short pants that are geek length (at or above the ankle) or passing them off as long capris.”
“Here's a colorful hostess outfit: a print tunic top with beading and embroidery, worn with skinny pants or capris; just add jeweled ballet flats or bronze slides with a kitten heel.”
“We were both 20 years old and nothing else in my daily ration at the Cinematheque had come close to mapping out the way to shedding girlhood -- and my nickname Patty -- as this avatar in her black capris, ballet flats and Herald Tribune t-shirt.”
The Huffington Post: Patricia Zohn: Culture Zohn: The Enduring Magic of Breathless
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘capris’.
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Fads
With bows of great respect to Connie Willis, author of "Bellwether" and other wonderful books.
Hula-Hoop, bungee-jumping, hair-bobbing, pogs, jitterbug, jogging, mesmerism, Ouija board, miniature golf, The Old Curiosity..., Harry Potter, line dancing and 271 more...
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Things from my memory
nigger baby, mexican jumping bean, puddle jumper, mood ring, pet rock, cat scratch fever, taxman, hippie, vaseline, argyrol, mercurchrome, methiolade and 655 more...
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Below the Belt
Anything worn from the waist down.
chausses, pantaloons, britches, trossers, buckskins, chaps, galligaskins, gregs, gaskins, breeches, knee breeches, knee pants and 93 more...
Tweets
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treeseed Calf-length slacks for women, popular in the 1960s
Also called clamdiggers, petal pushers Feb 1, 2008