suspender
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Puns abound, with the Sun trying: "Hey big suspender."
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2019
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
If the 283 wires within each suspender rope were laid end-to-end, they would be 9,100 miles long — more than one-third of the circumference of the earth around the equator.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2011
The project, which agency officials estimated would create 3,600 jobs, is daunting in its magnitude: the suspender ropes, if placed end to end, would be 32 miles long.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2011
His costume was high-topped shoes and old-time britches held up by one suspender.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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
I certainly stood out among the perfectly creased khaki pants and palm combs and top-buttoned flannels contrasted with my clueless bowl haircut and Ninja Turtle suspenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Its Intel profits alone would make Gordon Gekko hang up his suspenders.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Looped into the traction and stability systems and the smartest brakes on the planet, the Turbo S’s high-voltage suspenders represent a major advance in client preservation technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
This simpler method worked better than the suspenders, but not enough better to matter.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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