leather-breeches

"In that case," said Nathan, "if thee consents to the same; I will get up behind thee, and so pass over dry-shod; for the feel of wet leather-breeches is quite uncomfortable."

Nick of the Woods Robert M. Bird

The range of booths in the front were for glovers, leather-breeches makers, saddlers, and other dealers in leather.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 333, September 27, 1828 Various

His top-hat shone scarcely less brilliantly than his rosy cheeks, his collar was of the stiffest, his white tie was folded and pinned with a beautiful accuracy, his black coat fitted him like a glove, his leather-breeches were smooth and speckless, and his champagne-coloured tops fitted his sturdy little legs as if they had been born with him.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 26, 1892 Various 1876

Possibly he'll find there some leather-breeches of his acquaintance.

The Man With The Broken Ear Edmond About 1856

"Of course not!" answered leather-breeches; and the Englishman laughed.

Hyperion Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844

Third in a state coachman's wig, leather-breeches, and top-boots, on the terrace at Windsor.

Great Expectations Charles Dickens 1841

Nay they have cloaks, redingotes; some of them leather-breeches, boots, -- as if for instant riding!

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

Let him be who the devil he will, log-leg or leather-breeches

The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 02 Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830

Let him be who the devil he will, log-leg or leather-breeches

The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Complete Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830

Mr. Place, who was formerly a tailor -- leather-breeches maker and habit-maker, -- having made a fortune and finished his studies, -- is become an immense authority as a political and reforming head with

The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Thomas De Quincey 1822