suspenders

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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 even had the ‘Mork and Mindy’ suspenders.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024

A family of boys in suspenders appears; behind them are sandbags displaying paper targets with human outlines.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2024

“Trump’s lawyers are taking a belt and suspenders approach to his cases,” former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Salon.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2024

The oldest, in his thirties, wore red slacks, red suspenders, a black shirt, and a driving cap.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot