breeches
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His red coat with black trim, red waistcoat with hand-stitched buttonholes and gold regimental buttons, and white breeches “represent the only complete uniform of the Revolutionary war.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
It’s also not the kind of story you tell if you plan to ally yourself with the boy who fouled his breeches.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2024
The uniform consists of black shoes, buckles, breeches and a coat, as well as silk stockings.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023
An 1895 photo of Burtis on an outing, wearing a straw boater and suspenders with his breeches, suggests the captain enjoyed eating his catch as much as finding it.
From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2022
If that’s not confusing enough, some singular nouns that end in s are regarded as pairs—scissors, trousers, tongs, pliers, tweezers, and breeches, for instance.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing breeches
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