Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Breeches.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Scotch and northern English form of
breeches .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Pants ,breeches .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He took off slowly the leathern "breeks" of his craft, sloughing them as an adder casts his skin.
The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887
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In my mind's eye were the dirty yelling faces, the shaken fists, the hail of clods and brickbats that had knocked the Provost's hat off, the Peninsular veteran sergeant bawling to the wavering militia to hold their line, the snarling obscenities as the mob gave back sullenly before the bayonets, your correspondent near to soiling his fine Cherrypicker "breeks" with fear ... and this glowering inquisitor with his rasping voice and peeler's eyes remembered it, too.
THE NUMBERS 2010
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In my mind's eye were the dirty yelling faces, the shaken fists, the hail of clods and brickbats that had knocked the Provost's hat off, the Peninsular veteran sergeant bawling to the wavering militia to hold their line, the snarling obscenities as the mob gave back sullenly before the bayonets, your correspondent near to soiling his fine Cherrypicker "breeks" with fear ... and this glowering inquisitor with his rasping voice and peeler's eyes remembered it, too.
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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In my mind's eye were the dirty yelling faces, the shaken fists, the hail of clods and brickbats that had knocked the Provost's hat off, the Peninsular veteran sergeant bawling to the wavering militia to hold their line, the snarling obscenities as the mob gave back sullenly before the bayonets, your correspondent near to soiling his fine Cherrypicker "breeks" with fear … and this glowering inquisitor with his rasping voice and peeler's eyes remembered it, too.
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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Even when, like this series, it's pop tornado Chico on skates, in a satin yellow bomber jacket and snug-fit breeks, livening up his wobbling with a nifty hand jive and a Who?
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He handed her the pen, and she scrabbled at the closure on her breeks.
Aching for Always Gwyn Cready 2010
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He placed his timepiece on the nightstand, then loosened his breeks and let them fall.
Aching for Always Gwyn Cready 2010
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Hugh hurried down the steps, and his last vision of Joss was as she dropped the breeks to the floor, lifted a cotton nightgown over her head and let it fall over her naked body.
Aching for Always Gwyn Cready 2010
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Embarrassed by his velvet breeks and white stockings, praying no one from his school would ever see pictures of him in such sissy clothes, he was trying to distance himself from the mayhem.
A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010
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She could feel his erection strain his breeks beneath her.
Aching for Always Gwyn Cready 2010
bilby commented on the word breeks
Scots - trousers.
December 6, 2007