pantaloon

noun

Definition of pantaloonnext
as in clown

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Recent Examples of pantaloon The cloth and leather and striped pantaloons that go into the fashioning of escape. — Bitter Kalli august 19, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025 Comments sections on the videos overflow with questions about how so many women seem to have pantaloons, vests and puffy shirts at the ready. — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Dresses, skirts, wide-leg silhouettes, pantaloons—all are great options for allowing what few breezes pass through the city to access, uh, restricted areas. — Sam Reed, Glamour, 24 June 2025 The brand recently dipped into pants—or, rather, pantaloons—dressing Anya Taylor-Joy and Keira Knightley in lace and velvet trousers. — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pantaloon
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clown
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  • An Illinois teen has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly committing a deadly stabbing attack while dressed in a clown outfit.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Tyquan Thornton Tyquan Thornton is not only known for being a speedster, with one of the fastest combine times in history, but a class clown as well.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of clown

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