corduroy
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈkɔrdəˌrɔɪ/
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pana
- The jacket was made from soft corduroy, perfect for chilly weather.
- corduroy pants
I got a Gucci corduroy jacket on.
- I got a Gucci corduroy jacket on.
- This is the Plaid flat pocket drop shoulder corduroy coat.
- Oh, and they're a corduroy corduroy pants.
- Quality is top notch, looks really cool, loads of texture, corduroy, pockets.
- How do you know it's corduroy Makes that weird sound back to the Hegel that that's a little bit of a digression.
Examples
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When I first met him, he was wearing... a brown corduroy jacket with elbow patches and wingtip shoes.
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Alison now wore loose corduroy slacks and a bulky white cowl-neck sweater.
Fiction book (1993) -
- I used to wear corduroy pants.
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A tall man in a corduroy suit.
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I've never seen so much corduroy in one place.
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I picked up this cute little corduroy black a line mini skirt with little silver buttons down the middle.
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His black corduroy pants were too long for him and pooled around his ankles.
Fiction book (1998) -
Molly wore a white shirt of Indian cotton, a red cardigan sweater, and a green corduroy skirt.
Fiction book (1995) -
My father, in his plaid shirt and rumpled corduroys, was watching TV.
Academic text (2001) -
Yeah, he was wearing a green cable-knit sweater vest... and a new pair of corduroy slacks.
Synonyms
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4.0
A strong cotton fabric with soft raised vertical lines used for trousers and jackets
How Textured
Surface Forms
Etymology
Corduroy likely comes from cord ('a strong rope') together with an old cloth name duroy, so the word describes a fabric with raised, rope-like ribs running down it.