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Definition of "cross-gartered" [cross-gartered]

  • Wearing garters crossed upon the leg.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "cross-gartered" in a sentence
  • "Marcus Powell's ludicrously cross-gartered Malvolio seems not only to have abandoned his senses, but taken up golf."
  • "The bower is floored in lords and ladies, ground ivy and mosses, and its eight trunks cross-gartered with wild hops, our English vines."
  • "Remember who commended thy yellow stockings, and wished to see thee ever cross-gartered: I say, remember."
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