I suppose we got our old fashioned expression "britches" from that. From Wordnik.com. [Protecting Our Daughters] Reference
The boys didn't wear no britches in de summer time. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives] Reference
She said, “Have you got any britches in the house?”. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
De men wore homespun britches wid galluses to hold 'em up. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3] Reference
Get up and not know where your britches are in the morning. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2007] Reference
(Soundbite of laughter) Mr. ICE-T: I'll say footed britches. From Wordnik.com. [Rapper Ice-T Takes A Quiz On Pantyhose] Reference
Politically, Brazil has simply gotten too big for its britches. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Wagner: The Folly of Brazil's Exceptionalism] Reference
"Getting pretty big for your britches, aren't you?" he growled. From Wordnik.com. [The Space Pioneers] Reference
I need someone who can tell me when my britches are unbuttoned. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2007] Reference
I wore a shirt dress and a britches leg cap on my head and ears. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1] Reference
CHETRY: The belt's too big for your britches, that's the problem. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 7, 2008] Reference
"You're too smart for your own britches, egghead," Crowley snarled. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Man] Reference
All of them went crazy patting their britches to see who had the keys. From Wordnik.com. [Confederates] Reference
Hey, you know, almost like I don't want to get too big for my britches. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2009] Reference
"He picked up a chair and put it down on top of the guy's britches leg.". From Wordnik.com. [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]
Taffy's bowels had become liquid and he'd nearly cacked in his britches. From Wordnik.com. [Civvies]
But here she stood with Monroe's britches still clenched around one leg. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
He stood up, moving stiffly, and brushed the straw from his ragged britches. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and the angel of the lord]
But Sesame pounced, catching one by the britches and lifting him into the air. From Wordnik.com. [Up In A Heaval]
De seat of yo 'husband's britches been draggin' de ground ever since I knowed him. From Wordnik.com. [De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts] Reference
The reason I'm pulling my britches up is because they're pulling my britches down. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2002] Reference
LOVIN: He has on a pair of blue work britches and a blue work shirt, jogging shoes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 31, 2003] Reference
A, Gants Miraculous and Amazing Toning Textile; B, panty legs; or C, footed britches. From Wordnik.com. [Rapper Ice-T Takes A Quiz On Pantyhose] Reference
The big feller, he does anythin 'you want him, just like what I'd do in his britches. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
A, Gant's Miraculous and Amazing Toning Textile; B, panty legs; or C, footed britches. From Wordnik.com. [Rapper Ice-T Takes A Quiz On Pantyhose] Reference
Dey wouldn 'be caught wearin' britches an 'ridin' straddle like de womens do dese days. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
Got my snake skin britches, alligator shoes, money in my pocket, and a Memphis attitude. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight Man] Reference
There ` s an expression in the South that we use a lot, getting too big for your britches. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 18, 2008] Reference
"I guess that answer stunk your britches," Monica told Ted, putting him in his place as usual. From Wordnik.com. [Stork Naked]
But, in Mississippi and Texas and Alabama and Florida, we just hitched up our britches and went to work. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 18, 2006] Reference
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