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CORDUROYS
cords, corduroys
(noun) cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
corduroys pl (plural only)
Pants (i.e. trousers) made from corduroy.
Source: Wiktionary
CORDUROY
Cor"du*roy` (kr"d-roi` or kr"d-roi"), n. Etym: [Prob. for F. corde du roi king's cord.]
1. A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.
2. pl.
Definition: Trousers or breeches of corduroy. Corduroy road, a roadway formed of logs laid side by side across it, as in marshy places; -- so called from its rough or ribbed surface, resembling corduroy. [U.S.]
Cor"du*roy`, v. t.
Definition: To form of logs laid side by side. "Roads were corduroyed." Gemn. W.T. Sherman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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