britches

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THINKING (Flexible) This will not do - my britches are all choked with emissions and I also need a bath.

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  • Colin had bathed and dressed in a white shirt and black britches, and Flannaghan remarked that the color was coming back to his lord's complexion. —  Garwood, Julie - Castles
  • And when they turned their backs to us, we noted each had his own card suit stitched to his under-britches: either a club, heart, spade, or diamond on his bun covers.
  • Kind of big in the britches, aren't you, looking down on us San Diegans like that. —  Economist's View
  • THINKING (Flexible) This will not do - my britches are all choked with emissions and I also need a bath. —  Equal and Opposite
  • Examine the record of our flip-flop when the despot got too big for his britches, i.e. Castro,
 

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  1. Alteration of breeches, pl. of breech.
 

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