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breeks

/bɹiːks/

breeks noun: pants, breeches.

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Noun

breeks pl (plural only)

  1. (Scotland, plural, plural-only) Pants, breeches.
    • — Ah, poor dogsbody, he said in a kind voice. I must give you a shirt and a few noserags. How are the secondhand breeks?1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 6
    • He was a loutish fellow, much bent in the shoulders, with leggings, which lacked most of the buttons, over his disreputable breeks.1930 July, John Buchan, “The First Day of the Hegira—The Inn at Watermeeting”, in Castle Gay, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, →OCLC...

Origin of breeks

From Middle English breke, Northern variant of brechis (“trousers”), from Old English brēċ (“breeches”), plural of brōc (“covering for the leg; trouser”). More at breeches.

Words that rhyme with breeks

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Questions about breeks

What does breeks mean?
Breeks means pants, breeches.
What part of speech is breeks?
Breeks is a noun.
How do you pronounce breeks?
Breeks is pronounced /bɹiːks/.

Words near breeks in the dictionary

  1. breeds true
  2. breeds up
  3. breedy
  4. breek
  5. breekless
  6. breeks
  7. Breeland
  8. Breelands
  9. Breelong
  10. breelya
  11. Breema

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