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How to pronounce britches in English?

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Type of knee pants, breeches, knickers, knickerbockers, knee breeches

Examples of britches

britches
The PET resembled a desktop calculator that had gotten too big for its britches.
From the techland.time.com
The coy get punished in Sioux County as too smooth, too big for their britches.
From the washingtonpost.com
Iacocca was fired, he suggested, chiefly because he got too big for his britches.
From the time.com
When I see a roach, I jump on a chair, hitch up my britches and wail like a siren.
From the washingtonpost.com
Who couldn't have warned these bakeries not to get too big for their britches?
From the forbes.com
So, we try to make sure nobody feels like they're too big for their britches.
From the signonsandiego.com
The Bulldogs warmed up in their traditional red helmets and silver britches.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Yet here's a way to hitch up your britches and give Bordeaux prices no never-mind too.
From the orlandosentinel.com
But alas, I have put on my big girl britches and decided to at least write this blog.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
More examples
  • Informal term for breeches
  • Britches (born March 1985) was a stump-tailed macaque monkey born into a breeding colony at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). ...
  • (Britched) Breeching was the occasion when a small boy was first dressed in breeches or trousers. From the mid-16th century until the late 19th or early 20th century, young boys in the Western world were unbreeched and wore gowns or dresses until an age that varied between two and eight. ...
  • Alternative form of breeches. In use since at least the 18th century in Britain and British colonies; Pants, trousers
  • Unless your cat is really wearing pants, this term refers to the fur on the upper backs of his legs.
  • Longer hair on the backs of the thighs (upper hindlegs), also called breeches