单词 | genie pants |
释义 | > as lemmasgenie pants attributive. Designating various items of clothing associated with conventional representations of a genie (sense 3a), as genie pants, genie slippers, etc.Genies are often depicted as wearing loose-fitting trousers, slippers with a turned-up toe, and sometimes a turban. ΚΠ 1957 Sunday Herald (Provo, Utah) 27 Jan. 19/1 Upon entering the dance each couple will receive a gold covered program in the shape of a genie shoe with a tiny bell on the toe. 1974 Poetry Northwest 16 34 She wants the Shriners minibike escort—the cornmocker tassled hats, the genie slippers, the hundred pairs of mirror Foster Grants. 1981 Syracuse (N.Y.) Post Standard 2 July When delivering a belly gram, the dancers wear red bra-like tops draped in real Egyptian or Arabian coins, sheer genie pants and a belt made of coins. 1992 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 26 Oct. a9 Her two sons, aged four and six, had been riding on a city bus with their babysitter when the younger boy noticed the driver's turban and asked ‘Why is that man wearing a genie hat?’ 2008 C. Hapka Twelve Dates of Christmas 170 I'm wearing a thong under the genie pants. < as lemmas |
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