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bebreeched

bebreeched is the alternative form of be-breeched.

Meaning of be-breeched

Adjective

be-breeched (not comparable)

  1. Wearing breeches.
    • If a representative of the law were to ask a girl on the boulevards what she meant by sporting breeches in the streets she would answer that she had left her cycle round the corner, or was on her way to fetch it, and what could the sargot say to that? A good many of these be-breeched fair ones were...1894 February 8, “The Paris Girl in Pants; She Dons Man’s Attire for Walking On the Streets Without Molestation. The Evolution of the Bicycle Skirt. Mme. Dieulafoy, Clothed As a Man, Accompanied Her...
    Synonyms:
    breeched

Questions about bebreeched

What is bebreeched the alternative form of?
Bebreeched is the alternative form of be-breeched.

Words near bebreeched in the dictionary

  1. Bebouts
  2. Bebra
  3. bebreak
  4. bebreaking
  5. bebreaks
  6. bebreeched
  7. Bebrina
  8. bebroke
  9. bebroyde
  10. Bebryces
  11. Bebrycia

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