breeks

English

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɹiːks/
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Noun

breeks pl (plural only)

  1. Pants, breeches.
    • 2002, Mickee Madden, Midnight Sun, page 144:
      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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Scots

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːkz

Noun

breeks

  1. breeches, trousers
    • The Plague o' Playin' Bools, in Poems and Songs chiefly in the Scottish Language (1877), edited by James M. Neilson:
      Bools are maybe walth tae him,
      But they're loss tae me;
      There he's comin' wi' his breeks
      Oot at ilka knee.
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