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View synonyms for britches

britches

[ brich-iz ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)


britches

/ ˈbrɪtʃɪz /

plural noun

  1. a variant spelling of breeches


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Word History and Origins

Origin of britches1

First recorded in 1880–85

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Example Sentences

She insists, laughing, that her grandfather looked better in his britches than Adolf Hitler did in his.

The second one pulled out a cannon and poked it at the bartender and told him to keep his britches on.

Ere Alfred could reply, a big gawk chimed in with: "By the dust on their britches laigs I callerate they didn't ride much."

Also, I put on Phoebe's pea-green cotton skirt, while my knee britches hung behind the stove, drying.

As a gineral thing, when a woman wares the britches, she has a good rite tew them.

He had on a pair of black britches and a brown shirt and a little sort of light-gray-looking jacket.

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