toreador pants

American  

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. women's close-fitting slacks that extend to or slightly above the calf, styled after the pants traditionally worn by Spanish bullfighters.

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toreador pants British  

plural noun

1. tight-fitting women's trousers reaching to midcalf or above the ankle

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Example Sentences

Marietto knows his way around every thing except the local schoolhouse and is just old enough to appreciate the fact that he is just small enough to be hip-high to a pair of toreador pants.

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A few paces away in tiny Monaco, Grandma Marlene Dietrich headed for Paris in a huff after Monte Carlo's stuffy old Casino refused to admit her in toreador pants.

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In one stall a West Texas matron in toreador pants, see-through blouse and perhaps the last bouffant hairdo in Western civilization teased the tip of her Hereford's tail with a hot comb.

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His costume includes a baby blue pantsuit with flowered muffler, a yellow negligee and gold toreador pants with a white sleeveless top.

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And with them�carrying a clip board and wearing striped toreador pants, white-flower earrings and gold sandals�was the woman who had rounded them up.

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