culottes
Example Sentences
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I thought about all those who had denounced the popes and the church they headed before him: the sans culottes, the guillotinists, the tricoteuses; all the rationalists, the Marxists, the humanists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
It has an incredible structure that allows it to transform into an off-the-shoulder dress and culottes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
Among his stage costumes in those years, for example, were seashell culottes and red high heels.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
When the ladies float down in their culottes, that was all shot practically.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2021
She came out and walked toward us; she wore a pair of culottes that flapped around her calves, which were lumpy like sweet potatoes.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
