"bell-bottoms" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} bell-bottoms pl (plural only)
  1. (plural only) Pants that are flared from the knee downwards, a characteristic style of the 1970s. Wikipedia link: bell-bottoms Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Clothing Synonyms: flares, bellbottoms Related terms: bell-bottom, bell-bottomed, bell-bottom trousers, bell-bottomed trousers Translations (pants that are flared from the knee downwards): klokbroek (Afrikaans), matroosbroek (Afrikaans), 喇叭褲 (Chinese Mandarin), 喇叭裤 (lǎbākù) (Chinese Mandarin), zvonáče [masculine, plural] (Czech), leveälahkeiset housut (Finnish), pattes d’éléphant (French), Schlaghose [feminine] (German), Hose mit Schlag [feminine] (German), ベルボトム (berubotomu) (Japanese), 나팔바지 (napalbaji) (Korean), ѕвонарки (dzvonarki) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), troosyn cass lhean [masculine, plural] (Manx), dzwony [masculine, plural] (Polish), calças à boca de sino (Portuguese), брю́ки клёш (brjúki kljoš) [feminine, plural] (Russian), клёш (kljoš) [masculine] (Russian), pantalones de campana [plural] (Spanish), pantalones acampanados [masculine, plural] (Spanish), pantalones de pata de elefante [masculine, plural] (Spanish), İspanyol paça (Turkish)

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