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Synonyms for corduroys

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kawr-duh-roi, kawr-duh-roi
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔr dəˌrɔɪ, ˌkɔr dəˈrɔɪ

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Définition of corduroys

Origin :
  • 1780, probably from cord + obsolete 17c. duroy, name of a coarse fabric made in England, of unknown origin. Folk etymology is from *corde du roi "the king's cord," but this is not attested in French, where the term for the cloth was velours à côtes. Applied in U.S. to a road of logs across swampy ground (1780s) on similarity of appearance.
  • CORDUROY ROAD. A road or causeway constructed with logs laid together over swamps or marshy places. When properly finished earth is thrown between them by which the road is made smooth; but in newly settled parts of the United States they are often left uncovered, and hence are extremely rough and bad to pass over with a carriage. Sometimes they extend many miles. They derive their name from their resemblance to a species of ribbed velvet, called corduroy. [Bartlett]
  • As in pants : noun clothing for legs, lower half of body
  • As in trousers : noun pants
Example sentences :
  • The second girl is in rags, and a shawl; and the second youth in shirt and corduroys.
  • Extract from : « The Little Dream (Second Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • So neat in his dress was Sanders, that he was seldom seen abroad in corduroys.
  • Extract from : « A Window in Thrums » by J. M. Barrie
  • Possibly my friend, the Faded Misanthrope in corduroys, is station-master.
  • Extract from : « Humorous Readings and Recitations » by Various
  • A large man in corduroys and top boots advanced to meet Carley.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Canyon » by Zane Grey
  • Some of our own contemporaries we hate particularly; Cobbett, for instance, and other bad fellows in fustian and corduroys.
  • Extract from : « The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 (2 vols) » by Thomas De Quincey
  • His hands were precipitately plunged into the inmost recesses of his corduroys.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 » by Various
  • Lorraine felt thrills as she hurried into the corduroys, leggings, and smock that had been placed ready for her.
  • Extract from : « The Head Girl at the Gables » by Angela Brazil
  • The sandy roads wound over the hills, down the ravines, along the corduroys and float-bridges.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Bobby Orde » by Stewart Edward White
  • Other disguises were resorted to; one of the commonest being to change clothes or to turn your corduroys outside in.
  • Extract from : « Auld Licht Idylls » by J. M. Barrie
  • My host had fixed his feet upon the fender—the unemployed hand was in his corduroys.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII. » by Various
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