breeks

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breeks

 (brēks)
pl.n. Scots
Breeches.

[Middle English, pl. of brek, from Old English brēc; see breech.]
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breeks

(briːks)
pl n
(Clothing & Fashion) Scot trousers
[Scot variant of breeches]
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breeks

[briːks] NPL (Scot) → pantalones mpl
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"He left me my breeks to cover me, and little besides.
"Buns?" she said ( "Boy, those are bloody Gilberts!" Small wonder the breeks are a bit on the snug side.
Or to borrow an Ulster Scots phrase that might appeal to the Glasgow-born hero: My breeks were leavin' me.
And the Glaswegian, who admitted his patriotic breeks almost fell down in the first-round win over John Higgins, said: "Maybe my tartan trousers are a bit of a lucky omen.
I said that as far as I could see (not far) it was not, but it did seem to have a very similar climate ( how I longed for my thick coat and waterproof breeks. It was dreich.
I whipped off my breeks and it came out like Niagra Falls.
Now I could be a cruel mummy and cut the breeks off at the knee, sew a hem and send him to school in shorts – and don't think I am not tempted, by the way.
But they failed to beat Wales in two qualifiers which summed up a squad that looked all gob and no breeks.
It is so full he is in danger of pouring it all over his breeks. Asks if I have a tissue.
It's just that I'm getting abuse from my girlfriend for the amount of pairs of breeks that I'm going through a day.
Their attacks so far have ranged from Corbyn's failure to sing a song to his mismatched jacket and breeks.
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