puttees
Example Sentences
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You expect a director to come walking out of the woods on 18 in puttees and with his cap on backward yelling, “Cut!”
From Golf Digest • Mar. 30, 2020
One wore an officer’s uniform and carried a samurai sword, while the other wore puttees and carried what appeared to be a replica rifle.
From Washington Times • Feb. 23, 2018
One wore an officer’s uniform and carried a samurai sword, while the other wore puttees and carried what appeared to be a replica rifle.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2018
They are Doughboys, clad in the distinctive steel helmets and leg puttees of the Great War.
From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2015
The aunts led us over to the automobiles, where Henriette, in black puttees and with a stiff-brimmed cap tucked under his arm, was standing at rigid attention.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
