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View synonyms for pedal pushers

pedal pushers

plural noun

  1. slacks that extend to about the midpoint of the calf, worn by girls and women, originally used when cycling.


pedal pushers

plural noun

  1. calf-length trousers or jeans worn by women
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pedal pushers1

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45
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Example Sentences

Ashwood, who wears "natty birch-bark pantaloons, hemp-rope belt, peekaboo see-through top and train engineer's tall hat" and a taxi driver wearing "fuchsia pedal pushers, pink yak fur slippers, a snakeskin sleeveless blouse, and a ribbon in his waist-length dyed white hair."

From Salon

A sophomore at Commerce High School, Diaz is president of 413 BikeLife, a loose collective of like-minded pedal pushers.

She was excited and bought new pedal pushers and tennis shoes.

“This is already amazing,” a woman wearing pedal pushers said.

“A quarter,” she said, digging it out of the pocket of her pedal pushers.

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