Meaning of Daisy Dukes | Babel Free

Definitions

Very short denim shorts worn by women, ending at the upper thighs.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“On the shorter side, short-shorts and hot pants are very on trend right now—denim ones are called Daisy Dukes, after the sex symbol on the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard—but you need to be a certain age and have a certain body type to pull them off.”

“Of course, there are lots of ways in which this happens anyway—you may have the gait of a sprightly gazelle or impala at sixty-eight, you may have the enviable figure of a teenager, you may be wearing Daisy Dukes (please don't be wearing Daisy Dukes).”

“A middle-aged waitress wearing “Daisy Dukes” whisked by and gave Ham a wink, “Hon, you eatin' or drinkin'?””

“Bralettes, itty-bitty bandeaus and crocheted bikinis are everywhere. So, too, are Daisy Dukes cut high enough to expose buttocks curvature.”

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