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Bermuda shorts

NOUN
knee-length short pants
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"My dad thought I was nuts and refused to come. I was wearing my brother's Bermuda shorts, a swimsuit underneath, and a big sweatshirt with a hood that I pulled around my head," says Gibb.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2023

With one notable dissenter, runways offered thigh-revealing Bermuda shorts as an alternative to trousers even for city dressing.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

By 7 p.m. on Saturday, the place was packed, mainly with young adults in Bermuda shorts and summer dresses who appeared to belong to the same crowd as the Harvard-educated twins.

From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2022

Still, every time I use the mower I imagine a man in Bermuda shorts, Ban-Lon shirt, a pipe in his teeth, a crushed straw hat on his head — his “weekend” hat.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2022

The uniform for a man was a plain shirt, faded “Nantucket red” Bermuda shorts, and Topsiders.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times


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