corduroys
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As a young lad growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area town of Pittsburg, my school uniform consisted of corduroys the color of Ash Wednesday, a white dress shirt and a maroon V-neck sweater.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025
A similar remark was made when Jeffries evaluated a pair of women corduroys which he deemed were too masculine.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2022
If her mother, my grandmother, wanted to take her shopping at Ann Taylor or Eileen Fisher, she probably said no, she was cool with her corduroys.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2022
Sepia, the reddish brown hue associated with the monochrome images of early cinema, was evoked in printed baggy corduroys and an emerald green leather jacket evoked the start of technicolor.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2022
Without the translation, the vuvv’s ode, its scratchy iambs and dactyls, sound like someone walking forcefully in corduroys.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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