riding habit

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noun

habit¹ (def. 11).

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Origin of riding habit

First recorded in 1660–70

Words nearby riding habit

ridiculous, riding, riding boot, riding breeches, riding crop, riding habit, riding lamp, riding master, riding sail, riding school, ridley

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How to use riding habit in a sentence

Maybe cyclists have always been riding around, but I just never paid them any attention.
Biking With the Bard|Kara Cutruzzula|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He slides between them easily, as if riding the fader between his turntables.
DJ Spooky Wants You To Question Everything You Know About Music, Technology, and Philosophy|Oliver Jones|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Objectively, they are not just riding with the tide, but helping to guide its very direction.
Corporations Are No Longer Silent on LGBT Issues||December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The bit, in which two chopper-riding mamas host an afternoon talk show, started off well.
The Curious Little Shell That Restarted Jenny Slate’s Career|Luke Hopping|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Hollywood has developed a habit of relying on what worked best in the past, and 300 was hugely successful.
Meet Moses the Swashbuckling Israelite|James Romm|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She and her younger sister, Janet, had quarreled a good deal through force of unfortunate habit.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Doubtless the commentator habit is fixed in the nature of man; but it was pre-eminently mediaeval.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
This habit and the fact that she cares more for color than for drawing are the usual criticisms of her pictures.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
The moon rose on a terrified mob trudging or riding the forty miles of road between Meerut and the Mogul capital.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The sound of the swift beating of horse-hoofs was heard from the south, and soon three men came riding up.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn

British Dictionary definitions for riding habit

riding habit

noun

a woman's dress worn for riding, usually with a full or a divided skirt

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