breeks

breeks [breeks, briks] EXAMPLES| noun (used with a plural verb) Scot. and North England. breeches; trousers. Liberaldictionary.com

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Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for breeks Historical Examples of breeks

All the world knows that it is ill taking the breeks off a Highlander.

Soldiers Three, Part II.

Rudyard Kipling

“I ‘ll be wipin off a streak o’ red upon me breeks” Duke: Quick!

Wappin’ Wharf

Charles S. Brooks

In about one minute I ‘ll be wipin’ off a streak o’ red upon me breeks.

Wappin’ Wharf

Charles S. Brooks

If ye sell your purse to your wife, gie her your breeks to the bargain.

The Proverbs of Scotland

Alexander Hislop

They may wear the breeks, but the women wear the brains, I trow.

The House with the Green Shutters

George Douglas Brown

British Dictionary definitions for breeks breeks pl n Scot trousers Word Origin for breeks Scot variant of breeches Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012