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Meaning of breeks | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
bɹiːks

Definitions

Pants, breeches.

Scotland, plural, plural-only

Examples

“— Ah, poor dogsbody, he said in a kind voice. I must give you a shirt and a few noserags. How are the secondhand breeks?”
“He was a loutish fellow, much bent in the shoulders, with leggings, which lacked most of the buttons, over his disreputable breeks.”
“Tane unfolded and rose to his full height. Naked, his tanned flesh glistening with sweat, he held out his arms and stretched out the kinks in his body. […] "Loan me some breeks."”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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