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breeches
/ ˈbriː-, ˈbrɪtʃɪz /
plural noun
trousers extending to the knee or just below, worn for riding, mountaineering, etc
informalany trousers
conceited; unduly self-confident
Idioms and Phrases
too big for one's breeches, asserting oneself beyond one's authority or ability.
Example Sentences
He wears a fashionable doublet, breeches, stockings, chunky strapped shoes and a tall felt hat with a buckle in the hatband.
After she dismounted from her horse, a trainer noticed a split in her riding breeches and observed: "They weren't made for women's backsides."
Black Rod's uniform consists of black shoes, buckles, breeches and a coat, as well as silk stockings.
In his memoir, “Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics,” Biden acknowledged discovering a polo mallet, riding breeches and other markers of a privileged life in his father’s closet.
It’s also not the kind of story you tell if you plan to ally yourself with the boy who fouled his breeches.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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