suspender
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The suspender bit was an on-the-spot innovation by the choreographer.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
He had looped the drawstring of his sweatpants around the back of his head like a suspender.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2019
Puns abound, with the Sun trying: "Hey big suspender."
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2019
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
There was a first-rate shirt, a pair of trousers that looked brand-new, knitted socks, and storebought suspenders that must have been bought out of Aunt Pretty’s pin money.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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