Breeches

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• Breeches

  ·noun ·pl Trousers; pantaloons. II. Breeches ·noun ·pl A garment worn by men, covering the hips and...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• breeches

  To wear the breeches; a woman who governs her husband is said to wear the breeches. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Breeches Yard

  In Townsend Lane, Thames Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• breeches bible

  An edition of the Bible printed in 1598, wherein it is said that Adam and Eve sewed figleaves togeth...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• little breeches

  A familiar appellation used to a little boy. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• sitting breeches

  One who stays late in company, is said to have his sitting breeches on, or that he will sit longer t...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• dutchman's breeches

  The patch of blue sky often seen when a gale is breaking, is said to be, however small, "enough to m...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• welshman's breeches

  See dutchman's breeches. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• too big for his breeches

  is said of a man who is above his business; arrogant; haughty. Gentlemen, I was one of the first to...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• wry mouth and a pissen pair of breeches

  Hanging. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose