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noun

breeches ( def 1 ).

Origin:
1825–35

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WordNet

knee breeches
noun
trousers ending above the knee [syn: breeches]

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Relevant Questions

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Knee breeches is always a great word to know.

So is doohickey. Does it mean:

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

Example sentences

Besides this, they wear leather aprons, knee breeches.

Little boys snits frequently consist of three pieces- the jacket, the waistcoat and the short trousers or knee breeches.

The butler never wears the livery of a footman and on no account knee breeches or powder.

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