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trunk breeches

trunk breeches noun: synonym of trunkhose.

Noun

trunk breeches pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) Synonym of trunkhose.
    • Peregrine, who was an expert swimmer, reached the shore in safety; the physician, in the agonies of despair, laid fast hold on the trunk-breeches of one of the men, who dragged him to the other side […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    trunkhose

Synonyms of trunk breeches

Questions about trunk breeches

What does trunk breeches mean?
Trunk breeches means synonym of trunkhose.
What part of speech is trunk breeches?
Trunk breeches is a noun.

Words near trunk breeches in the dictionary

  1. trundly
  2. Trungley Hall
  3. trunion
  4. trunions
  5. trunk
  6. trunk breeches
  7. trunk briefs
  8. trunk call
  9. trunk calls
  10. Trunk Cay
  11. trunk hose

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