- a variation of chaparajos.
chaparejos
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of chaparejos
from Mexican Spanish
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Last week, a bronze-skinned buckaroo, with a flashing red neckerchief above his blue shirt, with shining leather chaparejos and crimson saddle-blanket, dashed up from a Western skyline on a snorting, piebald cow-pony.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chaparejos Apropos of protecting your legs, there remains still the question of chaparejos or chaps.
From Camp and Trail by Stewart Edward White
The chaparejos, or "chaps," were of the softest leather, with the fringe at the seams generously long; and the silver spurs at the boot-heels were chased in antique pattern and ridiculously large.
From Over the Pass by Frederick Palmer
Ignoring the water, it came straight to Sandy, uttered a harsh whine, catching at the leather tassel on the cowman's worn leather chaparejos, tugging feebly.
From Rimrock Trail by Joseph Allan Dunn
He wore a Mexican straw sombrero tied down over his ears with a red bandanna, a red flannel shirt, a long linen coat, huge spurs, and sheepskin chaparejos.
From The Delafield Affair by Florence Finch Kelly
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