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Jodhpurs

//ˈd͡ʒɒdpəz// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Flared riding trousers of heavy cloth, fitting tightly from knee to ankle. plural, plural-only

    ""What's the big idea?" Dorothy sprang in beside him, looking very trim and boyish in jodhpurs and dark flannel shirt over which she wore a thin brown sweater."

  2. 2
    (used in the plural) flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots wordnet

Etymology

1913 (earlier as jodhpur breeches, 1899), from Jodhpur, former state in northwestern India. The city at the heart of the state was founded 1459 by Rao Jodha, a local ruler, and is named for him.

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