Daisy Dukes
English
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Etymology
From the apparel of Daisy Duke, a fictional character in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -uːks
Noun
- Very short denim shorts worn by women, ending at the upper thighs.
- 2012, Tim Gunn, Tim Gunn’s Fashion Bible, page 95:
- On the shorter side, short-shorts and hot pants are very on trend right now—denim ones are called Daisy Dukes, after the sex symbol on the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard—but you need to be a certain age and have a certain body type to pull them off.