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Meanings of pedal pushers in English

Calf-length women's trousers, often cuffed.

Synonyms
Examples for "clam-diggers"
Examples for "clam-diggers"
1
Dappa proclaimed, England being a nation of clam-diggers and sheep-shearers, must forever be a net importer of fantastickal tales.
The system of the world
2
About nineteen, and the picture of the blonde that sits on the palisades of the Rhine and charms the clam-diggers into the surf.
Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million
3
The last time she'd looked back, a few minutes ago, there had been nothing between her and the anchorage but a few clam-diggers.
Quicksilver
Usage of pedal pushers in English
1
She wanted to get home and out of her tight pedal pushers.
Bake sale murder
2
I raised a leg to put on my pedal pushers and fell down.
We are all welcome here
3
She had shown up in pedal pushers and high heels.
Salem’s Lot
4
Suralee threw my pedal pushers and blouse at me.
We are all welcome here
5
I looked at the dress again, weighed my options, then took off my pedal pushers and blouse.
We are all welcome here
6
I grew up near Chatham, a place with a high density of kids in Burberry-print pedal pushers, who like to get rowdy.
The Guardian
7
Her mother was wearing a pair of white pedal pushers and a sleeveless shirt, with her hair pulled back into a ponytail.
On mystic lake
8
She expertly navigated a transition from glossy-lipped teen in pedal pushers to chained-up spider lover, Slash impersonator and smoke-machined stripper in about eight years.
The Guardian
9
"I can see you went all out," said Sue, checking out Lucy's white pedal pushers and striped top.
Bake sale murder
10
"I thought you said tomorrow!" Here I was, dressed in donated mustard-yellow pedal pushers and a pink sleeveless blouse with a spaghetti-sauce stain.
We are all welcome here
11
"Annette, you lookin' mighty spiffy in those blue pedal pushers," she told me one day, handing me a glass of ice-cold orange NeHi pop.
God don't like ugly