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suspender

[suh-spen-der] / səˈspɛn dər /


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Your former editor Graydon Carter bought you a bespoke Anderson & Sheppard suit for your birthday and overruled you on your choice of belt loops vs. suspender buttons.

From New York Times Sep. 1, 2019

Puns abound, with the Sun trying: "Hey big suspender."

From BBC Aug. 29, 2019

On a tour of its green, al fresco campus, wearing True Religion overalls with one suspender undone and black hightop Chuck Taylors, she looked at ease and made everyone around her feel the same.

From New York Times Jan. 11, 2018

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

I certainly stood out among the perfectly creased khaki pants and palm combs and top-buttoned flannels contrasted with my clueless bowl haircut and Ninja Turtle suspenders.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 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

They all had scowls, and clenched fists, and pleated pants, and suspenders, and flat heads.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles




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