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Suspenders wearing flannel, raised on a farm, allergic to the word lingerie.
means Straps worn over the shoulders to hold up trousers — the homespun word for suspenders.
from From Scots and dialectal English 'gallows,' because the straps hang your pants the way a gallows hangs, well, you can guess.
Always pluralOne strap won't do; the word insists on company.
Gallows kinShares roots with the hanging contraption.
Rural badgeSurvives mostly in Appalachian and Southern speech.