suspender
noun/səˈspendə(r)/
/səˈspendər/
- [countable, usually plural] (British English) (North American English garter)a piece of elastic attached to a belt and fastened to the top of a stocking to hold it up
- She performed the act in stockings and suspenders.
Oxford Collocations Dictionarysuspender + noun- belt
- stockings and suspenders
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- suspenders(North American English)(British English braces)[plural] long narrow pieces of cloth, leather, etc. for holding trousers up. They are fastened to the top of the trousers at the front and back and passed over the shoulders.
- The suspenders held up his trousers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionarysuspenders + verb- hold something up
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