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
Then they will focus on the less-stable parts: they will replace all the suspender ropes, which are spaced every 60 feet.
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
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
The character White played from 1989 to 1998 on the wholesome hit sitcom “Family Matters” defined the Black nerd for TV watchers: saddle shoes, suspenders, thick glasses, high, nasal voice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
I liked it because it was green and it hid my suspenders.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
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