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sans-culottides (säN-külôtēd`), the last five days of the year in the French Revolutionary calendar French Revolutionary calendar, the official calendar of France, Nov. 24, 1793–Dec. 31, 1805. Its introduction was decreed by the Convention on Oct. 5, 1793, but it was computed from Sept.
..... Click the link for more information. , thus named in honor of the sans-culottes sans-culottes [French,=without knee breeches], a term loosely applied to the lower classes in France during the French Revolution. The name was derived from the fact that these people wore long trousers instead of the knee breeches worn by the upper classes.
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