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

The character White played from 1989 to 1998 on the wholesome hit sitcom “Family Matters” defined the Black nerd for TV watchers: saddle shoes, suspenders, thick glasses, high, nasal voice.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

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

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2024

“Trump’s lawyers are taking a belt and suspenders approach to his cases,” former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Salon.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2024

I’d never seen a thin person wear suspenders, and it was a nice look, the way it matched his red bow tie.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd