A band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
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Examples for "supporter"
Examples for "supporter"
1
Former prime minister Clark is a strong supporter of cannabis law reform.
2
The university is a strong supporter of the practice of free speech.
3
France, Greece's strongest supporter in the euro zone, rushed to offer praise.
4
Last year, auto supporters said an industry collapse would devastate the economy.
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Brexit supporters say a second referendum would trigger a major constitutional crisis.
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Yes; and Flora Macdonald's garter-buckles are now in the museum at Raleigh.
2
The bride should wear a borrowed garter, and also a yellow garter.
3
He pushed the long skirt up, baring my leg, and the garter.
4
From a sheath attached to her garter she drew a thin stilletto.
5
He was probably the hairiest transvestite ever to wear a garter belt.
6
Will Satan care whether you be a peasant, or a star-and-garter gentleman?
7
I'd like to have been the kid who found that garter belt.
8
Don't you wish me joy of my Lord Hertford's having the garter!
9
My garter, a purple silk ribbon, lay in the centre of the ring.
10
Well, then, in the heat of the dance Princess Amelia lost her garter.
11
I pulled a corset-and-garter set off of a rack and held it up.
12
The garter was, indeed, originally the most important emblem of the entire garb.
13
Some traditions use the garter to indicate a variety of ranks.
14
I have sworn obedience to the king, peers, and knights of the garter.
15
A garter of white cowrie shells encircled one leg just below the knee.
16
She turned round, and looked first at the garter and then at him.
