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Noun: breeches  bri-chiz or bree-chiz
  1. Trousers ending just below the knee
    - knee breeches, knee pants [N. Amer], knickerbockers, knickers [N. Amer], breeks [UK, dialect]
Noun: breech  breech
  1. Opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
    - rear of barrel, rear of tube

Sounds like: breaches

Type of: dack [Austral, NZ], dak [Austral, NZ], opening, pant [N. Amer], trouser

Part of: barrel, cask

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