Definition of "pedal pushers" []

• Calf-length slacks worn by women and girls. (noun-plural)

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• "One of the garage bands has a drummer who wears pedal pushers and braids onstage, and he looks like the ultimate in trendiness."
• "You may be too young to remember the floral pedal pushers for nonstop beach-blanket fun in the 1960s or the dancers who backed up the Supremes on Ed Sullivan wearing their cheeky cropped pants while doing a mean mashed potato."