Definitions
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- noun US A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off. (
UK )Braces . - noun UK Small
straps , attached to asuspender belt , that hold up a woman'sstockings . (US)Garters .
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Examples
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Just seeing Tyson in those little shorts and suspenders is worth the watch.
Wayne Brady & Mike Tyson Remade Bobby Brown's 'Every Little Step' And It Is Amazing (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Just seeing Tyson in those little shorts and suspenders is worth the watch.
Wayne Brady & Mike Tyson Remade Bobby Brown's 'Every Little Step' And It Is Amazing (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Just seeing Tyson in those little shorts and suspenders is worth the watch.
Wayne Brady & Mike Tyson Remade Bobby Brown's 'Every Little Step' And It Is Amazing (VIDEO) Katla McGlynn 2010
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The fellow paying a Kugelesque $70 to learn how to use an antiquated piece of grooming technology is either not going to survive the coming winter or deserves to be hung by the suspenders from a lamppost as an example.
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If the MSM answered to a singular, old school bald guy in suspenders who nervously smokes too much trying to appease his readers insteadof answering to a board of directors responsible for shareholder’s returns generated by gross amounts (i.e. corruption) of ad revenue, we might still have and accountable 4th branch of government.
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You know how to keep someone in suspenders suspence, don’t you? on December 29, 2006 at 12: 49 am | Reply hobbybobby
Festive Raids Update Tomorrow « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006
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I never saw your freaky-ass parading around in suspenders.
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“The suspenders are an improvement, Mom,” Sloane told her.
Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea Chelsea Handler 2008
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At least he said necessry and dysentry and called his suspenders braces.
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At least he said 'necess'ry' and 'dysent'ry' and called his suspenders 'braces'.
One of Ours Willa Sibert Cather 1910
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