Get to know Britches better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like breeches or knickerbockers.
Britches in a sentence
Britches meaning
- Alternative form of breeches (pants, trousers).
- The roe of cod.
Synonyms of Britches
Using Britches
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative form of breeches (pants, trousers). | The roe of cod.
- Useful related words include: breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers.
- In the example corpus, britches often appears in combinations such as: little britches, britches and, britches rodeo.
Context around Britches
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Britches
- In this selection, "britches" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, little, serge, fancy, rodeo, officers and walked stand out and add context to how "britches" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and serge britches walked out and bitches and britches roles. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "britches" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with britches
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Got a Hornet by the britches! (6 words)
Ms. Fancy Britches and her fancy blue blood. (8 words)
Trips included Little Britches regional and national events, among others. (10 words)
I wait each year for this time of year; it is the best time of the year; and for the last 10 years my team, the Texas Longhorns, that I have yelled for since I was in Kindergarten, is once again shittin' its britches. (44 words)
The top 4-H club secretary’s book was selected from the following books submitted for judging: Luke Petersen of High Plains 4-H Club, Kaitlyn Miller of Little Britches and Aydan Foos of Willard Wildcats. (36 words)
Throughout the years, more rodeos and stampedes have popped up, from big to small, including the Little Britches Rodeo in 100 Mile, where young participants can begin their rodeo expeditions. (30 words)
Got a Hornet by the britches! (6 words)
Example sentences (15)
The top 4-H club secretary’s book was selected from the following books submitted for judging: Luke Petersen of High Plains 4-H Club, Kaitlyn Miller of Little Britches and Aydan Foos of Willard Wildcats.
This year’s Little Britches officers are: President Trigg Adels, Vice President Syree Goss, Secretary Kaitlyn Miller, Treasurer Natalie Adels, and Reporter Teagan Mason.
Throughout the years, more rodeos and stampedes have popped up, from big to small, including the Little Britches Rodeo in 100 Mile, where young participants can begin their rodeo expeditions.
It rolls on a set of aftermarket wheels that, in the pictures, at least, look a little too big for the car’s britches.
A Negro man in old-fashioned brogues and serge britches walked out of the light.
Got a Hornet by the britches!
Trips included Little Britches regional and national events, among others.
I wait each year for this time of year; it is the best time of the year; and for the last 10 years my team, the Texas Longhorns, that I have yelled for since I was in Kindergarten, is once again shittin' its britches.
Ms. Fancy Britches and her fancy blue blood.
When Saddam grew too big for his britches, Washington lured him into invading Kuwait, another American-British oil satrapy.
McClure, a 12-year-old Benton Middle School student, will compete in barrel racing in the National Little Britches Rodeo Finals which begins July 10 in Guthrie, Okla.
Some say it’s exactly like the people in Indiana: simple, not too showy, sometimes a little too big for its britches.
Sometimes I simply get too big for my britches, or more likely, pencil skirt, and expect a three Michelin-star experience at a four Michelin tire kind of joint.
For the true contralto, the range of parts is more limited, which has given rise to the insider joke that contraltos only sing "witches, bitches, and britches " roles.
Scarlett's love interest, Ashley Wilkes, lacks manliness, and her husbands—the "calf-like" Charles Hamilton, and the "old-maid in britches", Frank Kennedy— are unmanly as well.
Common combinations with britches
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: