britches

Or, in more old-fashioned terms, she wanted to wear the britches, while they wanted her to stay in skirts.

They were flanked by two big footmen in powdered wigs and braided coats, satin knee britches and white stockings.

In that day, “loose britches” were the norm, offering little in the way of support.

She said she’d called to make sure that I “didn’t get too big for your britches.”

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