chaparajos
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chaparajos
1860–65, < Mexican Spanish, variant of chaparejos, probably blend of chaparral chaparral and aparejos, plural of aparejo gear; akin to apparel
Example Sentences
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I wear a sombrero, silk neckerchief, fringed buckskin shirt, sealskin chaparajos or riding-trousers; alligator-hide boots; and with my pearl-hilted revolver and beautifully finished Winchester rifle, I shall feel able to face anything.
From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hermann Hagedorn
This spring they may be wearing chaparajos and swinging a quirt through the thin air, and in July they may be at Long Branch, or coloring a meerschaum pipe among the Alps.
From Remarks by Bill Nye
Into the ring rode the four slim, young top riders of the ranch force, chaparajos and sombreros being much in evidence.
From Penny of Top Hill Trail by Philip Lyford
Alfred carefully extracted a short pipe from beneath his chaparajos, pushed down with his blunt forefinger the charge with which it was already loaded, and struck a match.
From Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life by Stewart Edward White
Men were marked by their saddles, their 255 chaparajos, their weapons.
From Louisiana Lou A Western Story by William West Winter
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