knee breeches

knee breech·es

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Definitions of knee breeches words

noun plural knee breeches trousers worn by men in the past, which came down as far as their knees rather than their ankles 0
noun knee breeches breeches (sense 1) 0

before 1825

One of the 37% newest English words

First recorded in 1825-35

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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