puttees
Example Sentences
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You expect a director to come walking out of the woods on 18 in puttees and with his cap on backward yelling, “Cut!”
From Golf Digest • Mar. 30, 2020
One wore an officer’s uniform and carried a samurai sword, while the other wore puttees and carried what appeared to be a replica rifle.
From Washington Times • Feb. 23, 2018
One wore an officer’s uniform and carried a samurai sword, while the other wore puttees and carried what appeared to be a replica rifle.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2018
They are Doughboys, clad in the distinctive steel helmets and leg puttees of the Great War.
From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2015
As I got nearer I noticed that below his long tan canvas coat with sagging pockets, below the red and black plaid woolen knickers and green puttees, he was wearing skis.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
