anti-fit

anti-fit
 adj.— «The big news is BIG. Anti-fit is the new terminology for the loose-fitting silhouettes expected to show up in pants this spring, according to Levi’s.» —“In short, spring, summer fashions to be just that—short” by Pauline L. Allen Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Mar. 13, 1988. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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