Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Charlie Chaplinesque banana-leg trousers
English answer:
wide-leg, baggy trousers
Added to glossary by
Joanna Borowska
Dec 8, 2006 00:12
17 yrs ago
English term
Poland
banana leg
English
Other
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
(New collection of clothes in the style of the 1920s)
This"grampa" styling results in Charlie Chaplin silhouettes, i.e. banana leg with a cropped jacket for women and worker chinos and slim carrot fir for men.
Banana leg?
This"grampa" styling results in Charlie Chaplin silhouettes, i.e. banana leg with a cropped jacket for women and worker chinos and slim carrot fir for men.
Banana leg?
Responses
| 3 | wide-leg trousers |
jerrie
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| 3 | curved |
John Fenz
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| 2 | Bandy leg trousers would be... |
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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| 2 | baggy trousers |
Luisa Moura Almeida
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Responses
12 hrs
Selected
wide-leg trousers
See fashion report in link.
Charlie Chaplinesque wide-leg trousers
Charlie Chaplinesque wide-leg trousers
Reference:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2005/12/31/efkits31.xml&page=3
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24 mins
Bandy leg trousers would be...
the closest you might get to it. Charlie Chaplin walked as though he was bandy legged.
37 mins
Luisa Moura Almeida
Specializes in field
Punctual, good quality
Native in: Portuguese 
, Dutch
Works in: Dutch to Portuguese, Portuguese to Dutch, Dutch to French, and 4 more.
baggy trousers
because they are oversized, but there is no connection with the banana
20 hrs
curved
Merely for your consideration
This is by no means a standard translation, and there are very few hits in Google.
See image of "curved pants" in link below.
This is by no means a standard translation, and there are very few hits in Google.
See image of "curved pants" in link below.
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