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corduroys

corduroys

2.9
Trousers made of thick cotton with soft raised lines
  • noun
  • /ˈkɔrdəˌrɔɪz/
translation icon : pantalones de pana
  • Just bought myself some corduroy shorts and some corduroy trousers from a nice little pop up shop.

I started running in shoes, Italian shoes, corduroy trousers, blue and shirts.

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Examples

  • So I'd wear it over my, my pants, you know, like jeans or corduroys or dress pants or stuff like that.

  • In fact, if you look closely, you will see behind Dan Pfeiffer and his brown corduroys and blue shirt, Valerie Jarrett's leg.

  • I started running in shoes, Italian shoes, corduroy trousers, blue and shirts.

  • Oh, and they're a corduroy corduroy pants.

  • You've seen the outfit before, The green jumper, the black trousers, the classic corduroy trousers, shoes.

  • He decided to wear his favorite corduroys because they were comfortable and stylish.

  • For a casual outing, she paired her shirt with brown corduroys that matched her shoes.

  • During the chilly autumn days, he always opted for thick corduroys to keep warm.

Synonyms

cords
vscorduroys
3.4

Trousers made of thick cloth with raised vertical lines

focuses on a velvet like ridged surface rather than on the fabric material

How Warm

woolen
  • US
9 2.3
corduroys
2.9
jeans
407 1.0
shorts
1 1.0

Surface Forms

corduroys plural

Morphology

corduroys = corduroy (transparent) = corduroy + s

A regular plural formation: 'corduroy' (the noun for the fabric/trousers) plus the plural suffix '-s', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Corduroys comes from the name of the cloth and likely joins cord ('a string or rope') with an old cloth name duroy, so it really means a 'corded' fabric because of its raised ribs. A helpful way to remember it is the popular story that it came from French 'corde du roi' ('the king's cord'), and either way the name explains why corduroys are trousers with soft, ribbed lines.