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suspender

[suh-spen-der] / səˈspɛn dər /


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Badu wore a black silk duchess gown with white satin buttons, sportcoat and suspender skirt.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2021

Vertical suspender cables held up the deck, transferring its weight to giant suspension cables and out to enormous anchorages.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2017

He pops open the flip phone stored in the shirt pocket between his suspender straps and calls the number for a voicemail set up specifically for this purpose.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2015

The fashion designer Thom Browne, no stranger to the outer reaches of fantasy, put the butlers in androgynous black-tie uniforms with shorts, suspender socks and wildly exaggerated cuffs.

From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2013

West, Ryan Dean: A discovery of true Zen-like perfection, I got a leopard-spotted caveman-loincloth kind of thing that had one suspender strap that tied in a knot over the shoulder.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

Often duded up in a cowboy hat and suspenders, Eatherly had a knack for marketing and proved to be an exceptional conman.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Its Intel profits alone would make Gordon Gekko hang up his suspenders.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Presiding over the festivities was Frank Seddio, the club’s 79-year-old chairman, who was wearing suspenders and a monogrammed dress shirt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

I wouldn’t expect the King auction to fetch similarly high prices, but you can’t measure a man by what people are willing to pay for his suspenders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2025

He wore suspenders with T-shirts and gave them dirty looks when he was sweeping his sidewalk.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell


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