Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective dressed in trousers.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
breech .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective dressed in trousers
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Examples
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It is clear to me, that Sen. Obama referred solely to his disappointment that John McCain breeched his commitment to campaign on issues alone. frank, las vegas
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As Lionel Lambourne points out notice the little boy in a frock who had not yet reached the age to be 'breeched'.
Archive 2008-04-01 Hermes 2008
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Small boys did wear dresses in this period until they were 'breeched'
Archive 2008-04-01 Hermes 2008
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At age 7, or so, the boys were "breeched;" that is, they were made to wear long pants.
So your 5-year-old boy wants to dress like a girl.... Ann Althouse 2006
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To begin with, he was, to use his aunt's own term, "breeched" the next day, and his petticoats became the big baby's property, while his precious best frock was poked unceremoniously into a box under his aunt's bed.
The Girls of St. Olave's Mabel Mackintosh
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Her breeched dancing was pleasant, but she is quite plump and did not convey a sense of delicacy.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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But much of the upward move's momentum was based on technical levels being breeched around the $1.43 level.
The Dollar Takes a Beating Andrew J. Johnson 2011
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The tsunami was 46 ft. high and breeched the 19 ft. seawall that was meant to protect the Fukushima plant.
Steven Cohen: Japan's Nuclear Catastrophe and Governor Andrew Cuomo's Policy to Close Indian Point Steven Cohen 2011
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The Feds should probe these people, and then throw them in jail IF they illegally breeched security, or, if they did not, then it's a dead issue.
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My part was smaller but well written, and my breeched dancing much anticipated and well clapped.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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