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suspender

[suh-spen-der] / səˈspɛn dər /


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He had looped the drawstring of his sweatpants around the back of his head like a suspender.

From New York Times Sep. 2, 2019

Puns abound, with the Sun trying: "Hey big suspender."

From BBC Aug. 29, 2019

He pops open the flip phone stored in the shirt pocket between his suspender straps and calls the number for a voicemail set up specifically for this purpose.

From Washington Post Mar. 19, 2015

Often enough he emerges, in radiant triumph, bearing the esthetic equivalent of a rusty beer can or an old suspender.

From Time Magazine Archive

His costume was high-topped shoes and old-time britches held up by one suspender.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

Its Intel profits alone would make Gordon Gekko hang up his suspenders.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

Presiding over the festivities was Frank Seddio, the club’s 79-year-old chairman, who was wearing suspenders and a monogrammed dress shirt.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 27, 2025

A family of boys in suspenders appears; behind them are sandbags displaying paper targets with human outlines.

From New York Times Jan. 14, 2024

“Trump’s lawyers are taking a belt and suspenders approach to his cases,” former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Salon.

From Salon Jan. 3, 2024

She plopped down her books and began talking to Mr. Watch, the man with red suspenders who was usually at the cash register.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett




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