cargo shorts

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Noun

cargo shorts pl (plural only)

  1. Casual short trousers with pockets, originally designed for outdoor activities.
    • 2004 August 30, The New Yorker, page 38:
      The service makes available, during limited weekend hours, a handful of the company's items – cargo shorts, tank tops, and the like – to the Hamptons house guest who discovers that he can't make it to Monday without purchasing one of those weird madras patchwork blazers