breeks

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/bɹiːks/

Definition of breeks

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Scotland, plural, plural-only)Pants, breeches.
    “— Ah, poor dogsbody, he said in a kind voice. I must give you a shirt and a few noserags. How are the secondhand breeks?”
    “He was a loutish fellow, much bent in the shoulders, with leggings, which lacked most of the buttons, over his disreputable breeks.”
    “Tane unfolded and rose to his full height. Naked, his tanned flesh glistening with sweat, he held out his arms and stretched out the kinks in his body. […] "Loan me some breeks."”

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Etymology

From Middle English breke, Northern variant of brechis (“trousers”), from Old English brēċ (“breeches”), plural of brōc (“covering for the leg; trouser”). More at breeches.

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