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suspender

[suh-spen-der] / səˈspɛn dər /


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The Oscars ceremony included a performance of the song, with its rapid-kick choreography and roguish suspender snapping.

From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2023

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

The fashion designer Thom Browne, no stranger to the outer reaches of fantasy, put the butlers in androgynous black-tie uniforms with shorts, suspender socks and wildly exaggerated cuffs.

From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2013

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

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 fingered striped suspenders and stiff new overalls, peeked in the pickle barrel, and examined jars of peppermint sticks and jawbreakers.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney


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