Board shorts Definition & Meaning

20 Sep.,2023

 

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In those days, a pair of bathing trunks did not in the least resemble the baggy board shorts that boys and men wear swimming today.

: swimming shorts of a kind originally designed for water sports (such as surfboarding) that are often long or baggy and have a drawstring on the waistline

The first known use of board shorts was in 1975

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