chaps
Example Sentences
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Sitting on horseback in chaps and a cowboy hat, Noem addressed the camera with a stern message for immigrants: “Break our laws, we’ll punish you.”
From Salon
“Dominick Lopez!” the announcer cries, and out sprints a sheep carrying Dominick, his chaps flapping.
From Los Angeles Times
Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, the famously combative owner of the Los Angeles Times, published an editorial in 1882 warning: “Don’t feed the worthless chaps. It only encourages them in their idleness and viciousness.”
From Los Angeles Times
Despite it being near 90 degrees at the Monnaie De Paris, attendees showed up in fur stoles and leather chaps over jeans.
From Los Angeles Times
I saw all these men in jeans, most in boots, cowboy hats and some in leather chaps.
From Los Angeles Times
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