suspender

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

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2019

Vertical suspender cables held up the deck, transferring its weight to giant suspension cables and out to enormous anchorages.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2017

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

The project, which agency officials estimated would create 3,600 jobs, is daunting in its magnitude: the suspender ropes, if placed end to end, would be 32 miles long. 

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2011

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

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

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

When I roll over on top of my book I look, but Daddy’s back is turned to me, buttoning his suspenders.

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome