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| bloodhound |
a breed of dog. Bloodhounds are large dogs with baggy skin and long, drooping ears. They have an excellent sense of smell and are used to track people or animals. |
| jodhpurs |
trousers that are baggy at the hips but tight below the knees, often worn for riding horses. |
| plus fours |
long, loose knickerbockers that are baggy below the knee. |
| pouch |
a fold of loose, baggy flesh under an eye. [1/6 definitions] |
| pouchy |
like a pouch; baggy. |
| trunk hose |
short baggy breeches that extend to mid-thigh, worn in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. |
| zoot suit |
an exaggeratedly styled man's suit of the 1940s, consisting of baggy pants with tight cuffs and an oversized coat with wide lapels and padded shoulders. |
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