High-water

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Being or resembling highwaters, long pants with a noticeable gap between the hem and the top of the wearer's foot; hence, short.

    "Their hair almost bounced, their braces flashed in the fluorescent light, and they had my sisters' permission to make comments about my “high-water” trousers."

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"Their hair almost bounced, their braces flashed in the fluorescent light, and they had my sisters' permission to make comments about my “high-water” trousers."

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