Harem pants

Harem pants

Harem pants are described as a baggy pant tapered at the ankle, with side flaps on the hip that buttoned at the waist area. The popularity of the harem pant circulated in the mid-1980s with MC Hammer. [ [http://www.inthe80s.com/clothes/harempants0.shtml In The 80s - Clothes of the Eighties, Harem Pants ] ]

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[http://www.emantra.biz/index.php?cPath=39_55 Harem Pants - Aladdin]

ee also

* Bloomers (clothing)


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  • harem pants — harem ,pants noun plural soft loose pants that are pulled in at the bottom of your leg …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • harem pants — pl.n. a kind of baggy trousers worn by women, made of lightweight fabric and closefitting at the ankles …   English World dictionary

  • harem pants — women s pants usually made of soft fabric and having full legs gathered at the ankle. [1950 55] * * * harem pants, loose and billowy informal trousers for women, usually in bright colors and drawn tight with a band at the ankle …   Useful english dictionary

  • harem pants — women s pants usually made of soft fabric and having full legs gathered at the ankle. [1950 55] * * * …   Universalium

  • harem pants — har′em pants n. clo (used with a pl. v.) women s trousers usu. of soft fabric with full legs gathered at the ankle • Etymology: 1950–55 …   From formal English to slang

  • harem pants — /ˈhɛərəm pænts/ (say hairruhm pants) plural noun long loose trousers gathered at the ankle, worn by women …  

  • harem pants — noun Etymology: from their resemblance to traditional women s attire in some Muslim countries Date: 1952 women s loose trousers that fit closely at the ankle …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • harem pants — noun (plural) loose fitting women s trousers made from thin cloth …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • pants — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pl. trousers, breeches; slacks, flannels, jeans, Levi s, dungarees; pantaloons, knickerbockers, knickers, plus fours; shorts, pedal pushers, chinos, jodhpurs; bloomers, briefs, panties. See clothing.… …   English dictionary for students

  • pants — n 1. trousers, drawers, slacks, ducks, Brit. Inf. strides, Brit. Sl. bags; breeches, knee breeches, Inf. britches, knickers, knickerbockers, plus fours, (among Scottish Highlanders) trews, Scot, and North Eng. breeks; pantalets, pantaloons,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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