Like if I hate corduroy, that is my business, not his. From Wordnik.com. [PS] Reference
They were called corduroy roads, and was the first effort at road improvement. From Wordnik.com. [Last of the Pioneers, Or Old Times in East Tenn.; Being the Life and Reminiscences of Pharaoh Jackson Chesney (Aged 120 Years).] Reference
The lurching departure of the Dante demons — good, decent demons in corduroy. From Wordnik.com. [Whose Body?] Reference
Mr. D'Arcy smelled of cologne and looked pleasantly stuffed — taxidermy in corduroy. From Wordnik.com. [Harbinger Hall] Reference
Our first mishap came in crossing over a bridge made of logs, called a corduroy bridge. From Wordnik.com. [Sixty Years of California Song] Reference
The commencement of the journey from the farm of disembarkation lay along what is known as corduroy boards. From Wordnik.com. [Bullets & Billets] Reference
Llamas are pretty holiday-neutral, as I understand it, unless you are celebrating a llama day also known as a corduroy day. From Wordnik.com. [November 2006] Reference
Fustian, a kind of corduroy or velveteen, was originally woven at Fustat on the Nile. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
Occasional teeth-rattling stretches of "corduroy" led through a swamp. From Wordnik.com. [The Rules of the Game] Reference
Our route was largely through a low, swampy country, over a "corduroy" road. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865] Reference
Now is the perfect time to order classic Blair favorites as well as save on fall items such as corduroy loungewear. From Wordnik.com. [PRWeb - Daily News Feed] Reference
Maran: 6,000 Squeeze Kids girl's corduroy jackets. From Wordnik.com. [Maker of drawstring sweatshirt involved in child's death fined $100,000] Reference
In my mind's eye he was always wearing a corduroy jacket. From Wordnik.com. [Geoffrey Burgon obituary] Reference
A blue corduroy jacket that must be zipped all the way up. From Wordnik.com. [It's 100 degrees, so don't forget your corduroy jacket] Reference
Yes, the lines on that pair of corduroy pants are indeed horizontal. From Wordnik.com. [Pants: Against The Grain] Reference
He smiles and offers the corduroy man a walk around the country fair. From Wordnik.com. [The Poetry Section] Reference
So far he's found a torn bit of carpeting and a soiled corduroy pillow. From Wordnik.com. [Bad Blood In Germany] Reference
Garage-sale variety olive-green corduroy, elbow patches, hems too short. From Wordnik.com. [Deep Pockets] Reference
I throw the jacket on the floor, pull out a brown striped shirt with a corduroy collar. From Wordnik.com. [Clean] Reference
He stands beside her, his hands in his pockets, thumbs poking against the worn corduroy. From Wordnik.com. [What Keeps Us Awake] Reference
My fingers traced the small coves and dense muscle through the blue corduroy of his shirt. From Wordnik.com. [Warning: Mud Makes Me Horny] Reference
Got home and all but his corduroy easy chair, clothes, and high school football were gone. From Wordnik.com. [Real Estate] Reference
For years, two questions have nagged me: Why would anyone want to buy a pair of corduroy pants?. From Wordnik.com. [Getting The Most From Google AdWords] Reference
They rumbled along, soon striking the corduroy road, having the thick forest on either hand again. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
He was detained in his progress by having to repair and corduroy the roads, and rebuild the bridges. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
As it got colder, he started showing up in more layers, a brown corduroy suitcoat, then a black peacoat. From Wordnik.com. [White girl/boy angst] Reference
In the winter he wears dark pants and loafers with a gray corduroy coat which he buttons tightly across his throat. From Wordnik.com. [13 Halloweens] Reference
In fourth grade in our red corduroy skirts and white wool turtlenecks we looked like the girls on the book jackets. From Wordnik.com. [Turning Thirty] Reference
Lindland will soon introduce a corduroy jacket and is looking into opening a retail shop to lure San Francisco tourists. From Wordnik.com. [Pants: Against The Grain] Reference
The night was very dark and it rained heavily, the roads were so bad that the troops had to cut trees and corduroy the road. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
But suddenly, as she approached a turn in the corduroy road, her ear was smitten by a sound that she knew very well indeed. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
That was enough to make the girl hurry, for when it rained in the swamp, sometimes the corduroy road was knee deep in water. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
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