Meaning of short shorts | Babel Free

Definitions

Trousers that are very short, covering the pelvis but exposing most of the legs; hot pants.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“She is telling them about Jaeger man-tailored shorts, kilted shorts and short shorts, and about the shirt-maker tennis dresses. She is telling them about the golf suits with divided skirts and ‘crazy shirts’”

“Short shorts gained favor with women because of their comfort and because Bermuda models tend⟳ to emphasize the least attractive part of the legs—the knee and calf.”

“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.”

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