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nountrunk breeches pl (plural only)
- historicalpluralplural onlySynonym of trunkhose.
Peregrine, who was an expert swimmer, reached the shore in safety; the physician, in the agonies of despair, laid fast hold on the trunk-breeches of one of the men, who dragged him to the other side […].
1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLCSynonyms: trunkhose
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nounSynonym of trunkhose.
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