Definition of parachute pants
: baggy casual pants of lightweight fabric often with an elastic or drawstring at the waist and the cuffs
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That the young girls' frolic in the woods—which leads to all the trouble—is evoked with a generic contemporary interpretive dance and Reverend Parris is inexplicably clad in parachute pants undercuts the solemnity of the proceedings as well.
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Whoever says there is no such thing as (or no need for) an athletic heel, a gym-worthy jumpsuit, or an ultra-low pair of parachute pants, should reconsider.
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However, the nod goes to the Rams, who are playing their first regular-season game back along the Pacific coast since parachute pants were in style.
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First Known Use of parachute pants
1977
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