shoulder straps

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synonyms for shoulder straps

On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shoulder straps, such as: bands, braces, and garters.

How to use shoulder straps in a sentence

  • We'll start when some young sardine with shoulder-straps finishes his breakfast, and stop when John Morgan tears up the track.

  • I answered that I was the colonel of the Second Michigan cavalry, and had on my appropriate shoulder-straps.

    The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan, Complete | General Philip Henry Sheridan
  • The burly man was evidently a personage of importance, and his shoulder straps indicated that he was a major of the general staff.

    Warrior Gap | Charles King
  • The old man added: “General —— says if he lives through this he will go into the next battle with shoulder straps on.”

    Nurse and Spy in the Union Army | S. Emma E. Edmonds
  • One has the bag on his back, held in place by shoulder straps; the other has a bag thrown over his shoulder like a ragman.

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