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Meanings of white breeches in English

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Usage of white breeches in English
1
And what lovely white breeches and well polished gleaming jodhpurs they wear.
The Irish Times
2
Haven crossed the deck and looked up at Jenour's white breeches.
Honour This Day
3
The blur became a thin figure clad in baggy white breeches and loose shirt.
Ralestone Luck
4
The lesson is, men who wear white breeches need to keep them tightly laced.
A feast for crows
5
Young men and young women alike, they wore tight white breeches and flowing white shirts.
The great hunt
6
And he had already seen the dark stain of blood on the midshipman's white breeches.
Heart of oak
7
There was more blood on his own white breeches.
In the King's name
8
Jay beckoned to a man in dirty white breeches and a contrasting ruffled silk shirt.
The Only Victor
9
The man was in conventional hunting-dress: red coat, white stock, black hat, white breeches, and top-boots.
The Man
10
Their glasses clinked, and the watchful Ozzard saw some wine splash across the admiral's white breeches.
Sword of Honour
11
A boy, sunburnt and barefoot, in a white shirt and short white breeches, stood on the threshold.
The Created Legend
12
An' three or four soldiers, too-fine long corpses in white breeches and jackets of blue and gold.
Wandering Heath
13
Feet scraped on the gratings between the casks and some white breeches moved into the lantern's glow.
The Only Victor
14
He strutted along in white breeches, voluminous white frock-coat, white shoes, and black silk hat, the centre of attention.
Korea's Fight for Freedom
15
Then he realized that Keen was clutching his side and there was blood on his fingers and white breeches.
Success to the Brave
16
He saw Midshipman Deacon making his way aft, tar stains on his white breeches, about to report to the captain.
Heart of oak
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