suspenders

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Attired in an easy costume seemingly composed principally of suspenders, and bearing a pipe in his hand, he permeated the atmosphere with a business-like air which had long stamped him in the minds of his rural guests as a person of administrative abilities rarely equalled and not at all to be surpassed.

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  1. noun One, such as a hook, that suspends something else.
  2. noun An often elastic strap worn over the shoulders to support trousers. Often used in the plural.
  3. noun Chiefly British A garter.

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  • He had not pulled up his suspenders, and his trousers were slipping down over his hips; he was clutching them with both hands. —  Maigret’s Dead Man - Georges Simenon - 56: 1948
  • In white shirts and striped ties and suspenders, they were just beginning the journeys that, in four decades, would take them to the destinations at which Donald Burdick and Ralph Dudley and Bill Stanley had arrived. —  Mistress of Justice
  • There were two sock-suspenders, an artificial flower in a condition of extreme old age, a green satin slipper with a gold heel, and several photographs of damsels in brief skirts and a great many pearls. —  Grey Mask - Wentworth, Patricia - Miss Silver 01
  • He'd changed out of his wet clothes and now wore navy trousers held up by suspenders, and a plain white shirt opened at the collar. —  Judith Stacy- Written in the Heart
  • With J Hutcherson -- Let's hope Major League Soccer leadership asked for something other than a power tie, suspenders, and hair gel for the holidays, because the last thing this League needs is to decide they're 80's guys and this is the time for the big play. —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
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