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Definition of corduroy
corduroys
1a corduroys plural : trousers of corduroy fabricb : a durable usually cotton pile fabric with vertical ribs or wales
2 : logs laid side by side transversely to make a road surface
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Examples of corduroy in a Sentence
a jacket made of corduroy
Recent Examples of corduroy from the Web
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Parisians admired his clothing—a chocolate-brown corduroy suit, a yellow shirt, a red scarf.
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Growing up in small-town Illinois meant the hallways of my high school were basically a parade of navy blue corduroy.
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Tougher, men’s wear fabrics and suiting have been omnipresent: at Etro, where Veronica Etro mixed tweed and corduroy, Tibetan silk and sherpa shearling, into a mélange meant for a self-selecting tribe.
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There were ripped chain-mail leggings and wide-wale corduroy coats trimmed in rough-cut shearling; mesh minidresses and studded minidresses and minidresses pieced together from collages of leaves.
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Origin and Etymology of corduroy
origin unknown
corduroy
Definition of corduroy
corduroyed
;corduroying
transitive verb
: to build (a road) of logs laid side by side transversely; also : to build a corduroy road across
CORDUROY Defined for English Language Learners
corduroy
playDefinition of corduroy for English Language Learners
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: a strong cotton cloth with straight raised lines on it
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corduroys : pants made of corduroy
CORDUROY Defined for Kids
corduroy
playDefinition of corduroy for Students
1 : a heavy ribbed usually cotton cloth
2 corduroys plural : trousers made of a heavy ribbed cloth
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