suspender
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Puns abound, with the Sun trying: "Hey big suspender."
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2019
Vertical suspender cables held up the deck, transferring its weight to giant suspension cables and out to enormous anchorages.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2017
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
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
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
“I even had the ‘Mork and Mindy’ suspenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
He’d stand in front of the mirror in his trousers, his suspenders loose over his undershirt, and he’d lather up his face until the lather stood in peaks like whipped cream.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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