Garters

IV. i.93 (416,7) [garters of an indifferent knit] What is the sense of this I know not, unless it means, that their _garters_ should be _fellows_; _indifferent_, or _not different_, one from the other. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

Not for an instant did he bow to fate: all shackled as he was, his legs engarlanded in heavy chains -- which he called his garters -- he tempered his merriment with the meditation of escape. ❋ Unknown (1896)

I am glad of that said Mr Salteena I am [Pg 66] not so nimble as I was and my garters are a trifle tight. ❋ Daisy Ashford (1926)

It was a small flat box such as garters might come in; he opened it carefully, intending to rewrap it exactly as it had been. \par ❋ Heinlein, Robert A. (1973)

These generally consist of objects of women's workmanship, such as garters, belts, moccasins, &c.; then follows a meeting of the parents, which terminates by a speech from the girl's father, who mentions his daughter as the "dove," or "lily," or "whisper of the breeze," or any other pretty Indian name which may appertain to her. ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

These generally consist of objects of women's workmanship, such as garters, belts, mocassins, etcetera; then follows a meeting of the parents, which terminates by a speech from the girl's father, who mentions his daughter as the "dove," or "lily," or "whisper of the breeze," or any other pretty Indian name which may appertain to her. ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

"garters" we carried them home and put them in Aunt Patsy's work-basket for a surprise; for she was prejudiced against snakes, and always when she took the basket in her lap and they began to climb out of it it disordered her mind. ❋ Mark Twain (1872)

Oh my stars and garters, do fill us in before this thread explodes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Yellow tights makes me think of Malvolio - I recommend cross garters to finish off thelook. ❋ Rabid1st (2009)

Kurt Wilberding/The Wall Street Journal A white and navy blue dress with garters accents makes a playful twist of vintage lingerie and bathing suits in Thom Browne's Collection. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Entwined tongues run, taking his inventory of lighters, lace garters, truculence and belts: ❋ Dennis Mahagin (2011)

A political party exaggerated in a political ad, my God, let's all just start tearing our garters into smithereens! ❋ Unknown (2011)

She and I had kept a box of garters on more than one occasion. ❋ Christina Meldrum (2011)

Drinks served by flirtatious cocktail waitresses in gauzy blouses unbuttoned to the middles of their chests and skirts slit up to the hip so that they can reach the holsters attached to their garters and draw cigars, lighters, and clippers on command. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In her memoirs, Consuelo details the agony of “[reading in] stupefaction that my garters had gold clasps studded with diamonds, and I wondered how I should live down such vulgarities.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

Since you've already exposed your breasts, worn bordello-style corsets in public and posed wearing garters and guns on the cover of Revolver magazine, there's not a lot more you can do for shock value. ❋ Bonnie Fuller (2010)

She and her fellow sleeper agents received honors this week from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev -- but she's the only one on the cover (lingerie, garters, gun) of Maxim's Russian edition, which heralds her for doing "more to excite Russian patriotism than the Russian soccer team." ❋ The Reliable Source (2010)