SUSPENDERS
ADJECTIVES
1909 ► ONE-GALLUSED wearing only one ‘gallus’ or suspender strap; used of rustics → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1730 ► GALLOWS suspenders for trousers; braces → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1819 ► GALLOWSES → GALLUSES trouser braces or suspenders → Sc. & Eng. dial.
20C.. ► ASCOT RACES braces (suspenders) → rhyming sl.
20C.. ► ASCOTS braces (suspenders) → rhyming sl. (Ascot Races)
1904 ► STRETCHERS braces → sl. (Bk.)
1920 ► AIRS AND GRACES braces → Brit. rhyming sl.
1941 ► HARNESS suspenders → Amer. dial.
1942 ► PANTS HOLDER-UPPERS suspenders → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1945 ► PULLEYS suspenders → US sl.
1949 ► GUNNERS braces (suspenders) → US sl.
1950 ► PANTS HANGERS suspenders → Amer. dial.
1950 ► PANTS SUPPORTERS suspenders → Amer. dial.
1950 ► PANTS SUPPORTERS suspenders → Amer. dial.
1970 ► PANTS GARTERS suspenders → Amer. dial.
2003 ► NO SURRENDERS suspenders → UK rhyming sl.
2004 ► DANGLERS suspenders → Brit. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1904 ► STRETCHER-FENCER a vendor of braces → sl. (Bk.)
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