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2. Noun. (plurale tantum) The bottom (trouser) part of clothing, as in ''pyjama bottoms'', ''tracksuit bottoms''. ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of bottom) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bottoms

1. bottom [v] - See also: bottom

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bottoms

Literary usage of Bottoms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"... fore levied on copper bottoms cut round, and copper bottoms raised to the edge, and still bottoms cut round and turned upon the edge, and parts thereof, ..."

2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1894)
"CLEANING THE bottoms OF STEEL SHIPS BY DIVERS, WHEN DOCKING IS IMPRACTICABLE. By LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER U. SEBREE, USN During the year 1891, the USS Baltimore ..."

3. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1905)
"Swamps and bottoms. Very common. NYSSA AQUATICA Linn. Tupelo Gum. Swamps only. Very common. Noticeable for the very marked taper of its trunk in the first ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Tunnel lined. made for adding 2J feet to the height of the sides when additional water was required, and this has since been done. The bottoms of thy ..."

5. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1852)
"If the goods have no similarity or analogy with any already tariffed goods, they are to pay a duty of 15 per cent if they are brought in Spanish bottoms, ..."

6. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1852)
"If the goods have no similarity or analogy with any already tariffed goods, they are to pay a duty of 15 per cent if they are brought in Spanish bottoms, ..."

7. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... and they further beg leave to observe, that it is a very common practice among the importers of American cargoes in American bottoms, to carry the ..."

8. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Broad bottoms. The Anti-federalists. 1816 The Broad bottoms are increasing in strength. The Federalists rest on their oars.—Letter from Washington: Mass. ..."

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