What does knee-breeches mean?
Knee-breeches means Breeches reaching down to or just below the knee..
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/ˌniːˈbɹɪtʃɪz/ · noun
Breeches reaching down to or just below the knee..
This Eben did every day till he grew out of knee-breeches into long corduroy trousers.
Practically everyone in the army wore corduroy knee-breeches, but there the uniformity ended.
All over British Africa, speakers in their traditional wigs and knee-breeches presided over the rectangular debating chambers of the Westminster model, in which ‘government’ and ‘opposition’ sat facing each other.
Orthodox Jews, in knee-breeches, with round hats and ringlets down their cheeks, were indulging in strange jerking movements, like puppets, while reading books […]
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Knee-breeches means Breeches reaching down to or just below the knee..
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This Eben did every day till he grew out of knee-breeches into long corduroy trousers.
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