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breezers

breezers noun: padded shorts worn as protective gear by ice hockey players. Also the plural of breezer.

Noun

breezers

  1. (plural, plural-only) Padded shorts worn as protective gear by ice hockey players.
    • This comment indicates that for this player, the protective function of the breezers is secondary to their looks.2001, Maura Beth Rosenthal, Body Culture of Women's Ice Hockey: A Participant Observation, page 106
    • “My earliest memory is going to see them play the [Minnesota] North Stars one year, and they had those green breezers on,” Zach Parise,a first-round draft pick of the Devils in 2003 who eventually became the franchise's captain on October 5, 2011, said of New Jersey's pants at the time.2012, Tim Sullivan, Battle on the Hudson

Also used as

breezers is also the plural of breezer.

Questions about breezers

What does breezers mean?
Breezers means padded shorts worn as protective gear by ice hockey players.
What part of speech is breezers?
Breezers is a noun.

Words near breezers in the dictionary

  1. breezen
  2. breezened
  3. breezening
  4. breezens
  5. breezer
  6. breezers
  7. breezes
  8. breezes off
  9. breezes past
  10. breezes through
  11. breezes up

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