Suspender
[sə'spɛndɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.
Edited by Angus
Examples
- Calling on his nearest friend the next morning for even a pair of suspenders, Mr. Andrews was met with regrets of inability, because the burglars had also been there. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The man has it in his suspenders and his pipe stem, the woman in her garters and dress shields, and the baby in its teething ring and rattle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Typist: Nelda