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 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

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

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2024

That includes the 10-inch Fabriche Santa figure designed by Kurt Adler wearing rainbow suspenders, a heart-shaped belt buckle, and a “Love is Love” T-shirt.

From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 2023

I fingered striped suspenders and stiff new overalls, peeked in the pickle barrel, and examined jars of peppermint sticks and jawbreakers.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney