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Braces

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1798, OED Evaluation: N/A

One of a pair of straps of leather or webbing used to support the trousers; a suspender.

ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Oh yeah. By the way, what do you call these things? Speaker: Pair of braces. Interviewer: Oh. You don't see those very much now. Speaker: I like a brace. Always did.
One of a pair of straps of leather or webbing used to support the trousers; a suspender.
Interviewer: Yeah. Are- are they hard to get now? Speaker: I haven't bought I-don't-know-when. I, ah- James-Pinkman, ah, used to give me a, ah- sometimes a good pair of braces. They don't bother putting them on in the- in the casket, eh? Take them off just at the end of the road, for to get the rest of the things
One of a pair of straps of leather or webbing used to support the trousers; a suspender.
ExampleMeaning
And they- pants on and hard to get people to wear braces to hold their pantses up to their crotch, 'cause of their- crotch was at their knees, they couldn't walk, you-know-what-I-mean?
One of a pair of straps of leather or webbing used to support the trousers; a suspender.