breeches

Example Sentences

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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

Like warm coals, the hidden crimson hue seems to burst into full flame in Caballero’s scarlet breeches, vest and chair upholstery.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023

The uniform consists of black shoes, buckles, breeches and a coat, as well as silk stockings.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

The laundry was hung indoors, and thirteen fireplaces were kept burning to warm the house and dry both the walls and the presidential family’s wet breeches.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis