suspenders

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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

A storm cloud, one Mario could essentially swim through, stood before our hero in his trademark red suspenders.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2023

This simpler method worked better than the suspenders, but not enough better to matter.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig