drainpipe trousers

drainpipe trousers
noun plural
: tight-fitting trousers that taper to the ankles

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drainpipe trousers UK US noun [plural] british
trousers with very narrow legs
Thesaurus: trousers and shortshyponym
Variant: drainpipes

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drainpipe trousers,
= stovepipe trousers. (Cf.stovepipe trousers)

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