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knee breeches
plural nounSynonyms of knee breeches
as in knickerbockers, bloomers
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“Knee breeches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee%20breeches. Accessed 5 Jul. 2022.
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The first known use of knee breeches was in 1833
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