They sewed up those corduroys, tight as they were. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
He wiped his hand on his corduroys and shook my hand. From Wordnik.com. [Futures Imperfect]
Reggie Loomis was dressed in worn corduroys and a flannel shirt. From Wordnik.com. [Manner of Death]
Directly in back of Phil sat two men clad in rough corduroys and high boots. From Wordnik.com. [The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers] Reference
I was a living experiment dressed in white corduroys and a Fair Isle sweater. From Wordnik.com. [Middlesex]
I have been wearing my corduroys from Marshall's and free t-shirts from gift bags. From Wordnik.com. [Martha McCully: My Reinvention Tour: The "It" Bag Isn't Doing It for Me Anymore] Reference
His dress slacks didn't seem to fit quite right, so he tried on his blue corduroys. From Wordnik.com. [my little christmas story] Reference
He was seven years old by now, breeched in corduroys, which had had time to grow rusty. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
My host had fixed his feet upon the fender -- the unemployed hand was in his corduroys. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843] Reference
Pink corduroys (there's a story behind this one, trust me) -- A skirted bathing suit. From Wordnik.com. [bluemeany Diary Entry] Reference
He wore brown corduroys, a blue chambray shirt slightly open at the throat, heavy shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People'] Reference
He wore baggy, wide-wale corduroys that made the sound of rodents nesting when he walked. From Wordnik.com. [You Suck]
I packed only the darker garments, a blue crew neck, the alligator shirts, and my corduroys. From Wordnik.com. [Middlesex]
Reward yourself (i.e. with a fashionable cardigan or a spiffy pair of burnt orange corduroys). From Wordnik.com. [Recovering From Debt Rape] Reference
My favorite things are corduroys, cozy sweaters/sweatshirts, my denim jacket, old school Pumas. From Wordnik.com. [elephants Diary Entry] Reference
Here also he exchanged his business suit for corduroys, a wide hat and high-heeled riding boots. From Wordnik.com. [The Blood of the Conquerors] Reference
He wore the corduroys and Strathcona boots of a shantyman; about his waist was a bright red scarf. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
Irreconcilable in battered corduroys who amuses me with a string of stories more or less veracious. From Wordnik.com. [Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.] Reference
But then Lindland couldn't stop considering the question: why aren't corduroys striped horizontally?. From Wordnik.com. [Pants: Against The Grain] Reference
Three children in corduroys and sweatshirts rolled over the newly trimmed grass down the small hill. From Wordnik.com. [The Debt Collector]
ROBERTS: Remember as a kid you would walk through the halls in your corduroys and would boop-boop-boop. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2009] Reference
"M. le Maire," indicating corduroys, who clutched a handful of straw out of his beard and groaned loudly. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919] Reference
He is wearing an old leather jacket and corduroys: nothing that he wore or took off during his captivity. From Wordnik.com. [Absolute Friends]
I was wearing a rust-colored long-sleeved sweater over dark brown corduroys and leather high-heeled boots. From Wordnik.com. [Grave Surprise]
The film was meant as a gesture to say "Hey girls, it may be time to donate the white corduroys to Goodwill". From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
About halfway through, I went and changed out of my tux and into my dressy corduroys and a dress shirt with a tie. From Wordnik.com. [kevynwight Diary Entry] Reference
Before he could emerge from the water, the future dandy author of Pelham had to borrow a suit of corduroys from a rustic. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
He looked well on horseback, and in his corduroys, with a soft shirt and flowing tie, a soft felt hat, he was at his best. From Wordnik.com. [The Trumpeter Swan] Reference
Maybe that accounted for the oddness, and corduroys and canvas sneakers were what chaos theorists were wearing these days. From Wordnik.com. [Futures Imperfect]
He dropped in, sometimes, through the week in clean blue shirt and corduroys for an evening of cards or reading or talking. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
Here a man in corduroys and a rabbit-skin waistcoat called in a stentorian voice for order, and the babel gradually died down. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
They were manly and courteous, and through their untrimmed beards and rough corduroys a voice said very plainly, "Ruling race.". From Wordnik.com. [From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War] Reference
Basically, we just wore corduroys, funky old lady sweaters, cowboy-looking button-up, collared shirts or tight thrift store tees. From Wordnik.com. [elephants Diary Entry] Reference
Now I feel more drawn to cardigans and oversized sweaters, khakis, corduroys and grey pants, trouser socks, in earth tones and burgundy. From Wordnik.com. [evolver Diary Entry] Reference
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