Garments

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Conceptual system
cigarette pants
Domain:  Garments
Subdomain (1st level):  Pants
Table:  Table 7
Noun phrase
Countable
Definition:  Narrow pants cut to taper towards the ankle which first became popular in the 1950s.
FFD, 1998
Context:  It was a beautiful beginning to one of the best collections shown in New York that week. What followed was a daywear section with beautifully fitted skirts (of the pencil variety), narrow-cut cigarette pants, other tailored trousers, neat sun and other dresses, and beautiful coats.
Lucire, 2005
Attestation:  10
Contains:  pocket, waistband, fly
Co-hyponyms:  low-waisted pants, bell-bottoms, straight-legged pants, Capri pants, palazzo pants, shorts (en), overall
Hyperonyms:  pants
It:  pantaloni a sigaretta
Degree of reliability:  10
Rocca, Spinelli, 2001