parachute pants English

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parachute pants noun

— A style of trousers characterized by the use of nylon, especially ripstop nylon, associated with breakdancing culture in the 1980s.

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In 1966 the secret police made me an offer they thought I couldn't refuse: if I collaborated, they would drop me by parachute over England and arrange for me to study at Oxford.