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• a variation of chaparajos.

chaparejos

British  

/ tʃapaˈraxos, tʃapaˈrexos, ˌʃæpəˈreɪəʊs, ˌʃæpəˈreɪəʊs /

plural noun

1. another name for chaps

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Etymology

Origin of chaparejos

from Mexican Spanish

Example Sentences

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chaparejos

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

With their chaparejos, or leather overalls, their big revolvers, their spurs, their bright silk handkerchiefs knotted loosely around their necks over the open collar of their flannel shirts, they made a brave show, indeed.

From The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

Lean, wiry, bronzed men, their legs cased in leather chaparejos, with small boots, high heels, and great spurs, they were, despite their loose, slouchy seat, the best rough-riders in the world.

From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Bronson, Edgar Beecher

To protect our legs we wore over the trousers heavy leather chaparejos, sometimes of bear or buffalo hide.

From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Carson, Thomas

"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