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knee breeches
Word History and Origins
Origin of knee breeches1
Example Sentences
There were men dressed in colonial garb complete with knee-breeches and powdered wigs.
He still wore knee-breeches and dark cotton stockings on his nether limbs, but they were not the breeches.
Burns wore white knee-breeches, military boots, a splendid waistcoat with lace ruffles, and carried a cocked hat.
His knee-breeches were of the finest gray linen, with gray satin bows and silver buckles at the knee bands.
It is the young Prince Imperial, who was killed in Africa a dozen years ago, but is shown here as a mere child in knee breeches.
Then you never looked as if you belonged to the ship, so long as those cursed black knee-breeches lasted!
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