subs. phr. (rhyming slang).—Breeches = trousers.

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  1887.  G. R. SIMS, Dagonet Ditties, in Referee, 7 Nov., p. 7, c. 3, ‘Tottie.’

        And right through my ‘RANK AND RICHES’
    Did my ‘cribbage pegs’ assail.

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