full-breeched

Updated: June 8, 2025

It is curious to notice his revengeful feeling against the false ones, hidden from himself, however, under the guise of religious interest, and desire that they may be cured of their follies. A little boy named Joe, who haunts about the bar-room and the stoop, four years old, in a thin, short jacket, and full-breeched trousers, and bare feet.

Nathaniel Hawthorne - Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1