- a variation of chaparajos.
chaparejos
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of chaparejos
from Mexican Spanish
Example Sentences
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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
He was dressed in the regulation costume of the craft—canvas pants and jacket, leather chaparejos, blue flannel shirt, and broad-brimmed white felt hat.
From Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing by Shields, George O.
"I'll have your car put in with mine, Tom," said Lowell, who was dressed in cowpuncher attire, even to leather chaparejos.
From Mystery Ranch by Chapman, Arthur
He took a pair of leather chaparejos from the bed, regarded them doubtfully and threw them back.
From Stepsons of Light by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
Not wishing to be too hard on his pardner, the Colonel added: "I lay it all to the chaparejos myself."
From The Magnetic North by Robins, Elizabeth
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