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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
britches
 
SYLLABICATION:britch·es
PRONUNCIATION:  brchz
PLURAL NOUN: Breeches.
IDIOM:too big for (one's) britches Overconfident; cocky.
ETYMOLOGY:Alteration of breeches, pl. of breech.
 
 
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