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baggy

[bag-ee] / ˈbæg i /


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The fashion was baggy everything for guys and short shorts, midriffs and little backpacks for girls.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

It would be tempting to go all in on a smorgasbord of '90s and early '00s bold prints and baggy jerseys, or late '80s designs that have reappeared as lifestyle staples.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

“Lately, I think we’re swinging back in the direction of ‘the big, baggy monster’ idea of what a novel is,” Offill remarks.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2026

Wearing an ill-fitting hooded sweatshirt, with gray stubbles and baggy eyes, he didn’t look like a typical upscale tourist.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 28, 2026

The men wore plain, casual jackets and baggy pants, and all of them had caps on top of their heads.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

Over the years, the company has embraced baggier fits, jorts, western-wear trends, lighter-weight pants and pants with moisture control in an effort to reignite demand from consumers battling higher living costs.

From MarketWatch Jan. 29, 2026

I still have the shorts, faded and baggier.

From Slate Mar. 18, 2025

While baggier hems are more popular, Turner Allen, 31, a stylist, suggests wearing a pant that skims the top of the shoe: in denim he suggests a quarter- or half-break.

From Seattle Times Feb. 3, 2024

Eilish shut her critics up by wearing baggier and less revealing clothes.

From Salon Dec. 6, 2023

University was bigger and baggier, there was room to hide, so much room; she did not feel as though she did not belong because there were many options for belonging.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

He was joined on stage by the song's producer, Mustard, who clutched a football while sporting the world's baggiest jeans - before Lamar pointed an imaginary remote control at the camera and intoned, "Game Over".

From BBC Feb. 9, 2025

And not just any T-shirt and cargo shorts, but what could seem like the baggiest, most stretched out, most slept in, most consciously unflattering T-shirts and shorts; the most unkempt bed-head.

From New York Times Dec. 13, 2022

Then the mug of hot oatmeal and the donning of the baggiest, fuzziest — and, thus, comfiest — lounge pants I own.

From New York Times Dec. 18, 2020

On the first day of the experiment, I go with the nightie-kimono combo teamed with my baggiest, comfiest jeans and trainers.

From The Guardian Dec. 26, 2018

She reappears in ratty sweatpants and the baggiest sweater I’ve ever seen, plops down in her desk chair, and shoots knives at me from her honey-colored eyes.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone




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