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culottes
/ˈkuːlɑts/
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What does culottes mean?
noun
- A type of loose shorts which look like a skirt; a divided skirt.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkuːlɑts/
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The French noblesse chose to have the people ’sans culottes,’ and they had ’sans culotte’ governors to their hearts’ content.
Refoncez dans vos culottes Le bout d’ chemis’ qui vous pend.
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If, on the other hand, you have a Chow as a companion and friend, do not be at all troubled if his ruff, yoke, culottes and tail are white or cream-coloured.
Robespierre declared before the Convention ``that all the sans- culottes will be paid at the expense of the public treasury, which will be fed by the rich,'' and in spite of requisitions and the guillotine the treasury remained empty.