hot pants
Example Sentences
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On travel forums, tourists are encouraged to ditch bikinis and hot pants for more modest attire.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
McCartney gave us sheeny shirts with historic white cape sleeves, neatly paired with shimmering crystal hot pants — lead-free, of course.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2023
Southwest distinguished itself as a scrappy underdog airline whose flight attendants wore go-go boots and hot pants, and whose marketing grew out of the airline’s beginnings at Love Field in the Dallas area.
From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2022
Inside, however, I found myself dancing next to a hedgehog wearing a top hat, an anime nun with an acid green halo and a humanoid fox in hot pants.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2022
I had a friend in grammar school whose mother wore hot pants and white vinyl go-go boots just like Nancy Sinatra.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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