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  • I long ago learned to stick with invisible-Dad clothes, such as Chinos, full-placket cotton-blend shirts and a cardigan sweater or fleece jacket.

    C'mon, guys, wear leggings! Ann Althouse 2007

  • 'Chinos' in this dodge, who are all adepts in all sorts of

    Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer Arthur William Knapp

  • Chinos are not in fact khaki; they are yea you guessed it something else entirely in my book.

    I get email... Reader Tim challenges me with "Khaki" - dfi 2009

  • He dressed nicely, in Chinos and a button-down shirt.

    White girl/boy angst 2010

  • Chinos or wool pants, business shirts, sweaters and corduroy blazers are the extent of my travel wardrobe.

    The Very Big Village jodifur 2008

  • If any of you read Spanish, please read Andrés Oppenheimer's new book "Cuentos Chinos" -- not yet translated into English -- which starts off discussing two studies recently made one by the CIA and the other by the European Union's specialist in Latin American affairs.

    Upcoming elections - thoughts? 2006

  • "I like to be around on Wednesdays because that's the one day the vegetables come in from the Chinos 'farm way down in Rancho Santa Fe," she writes.

    Alice's Wonderland 2008

  • The desert itself was known for a time as El Desierto de los Chinos, 'Desert of the Chinese.'

    Sweet And Sour Times On The Border 2006

  • Chinos and button-down shirts mark kids as preppies a thousand miles from Andover; baggy jeans signify hip-hop on a Laotian kid in Iowa no less than on a homeboy straight out of Bed-Stuy.

    The Truth About High School 2008

  • The desert itself was known for a time as El Desierto de los Chinos, 'Desert of the Chinese.'

    Sweet And Sour Times On The Border 2006

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