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
Anybody must needs be a devil of a fellow who went about in "shaps," as his California cousins called chaparejos.
From The Magnetic North by Elizabeth Robins
The ragged one thrust his hands in the pockets of his chaparejos.
From The Magnetic North by Elizabeth Robins
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
Over at the Circle D ranch a broad-shouldered man in flannel shirt and "fair leather" chaparejos lies sprawled on the veranda beside a low-hung hammock in which is lying a brown-haired woman.
From The Song of the Wolf by Frank Mayer
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