suspender
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Badu wore a black silk duchess gown with white satin buttons, sportcoat and suspender skirt.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2021
He had looped the drawstring of his sweatpants around the back of his head like a suspender.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 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
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
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 wouldn’t expect the King auction to fetch similarly high prices, but you can’t measure a man by what people are willing to pay for his suspenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2025
On the floor there was a jumble of satin shoes, debutante’s handbags, belts studded with fake stones, suspenders, and even the shining sword of a military cadet.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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