corduroy

• It is 1973: The era of shag carpets, corduroy, and Connecticut key parties. —  RNews - TOP STORIES
• Guide Dogs said the corduroy was "untested" and research had not found a suitable alternative to kerbs.
• All that was not sand seemed a space or two of corduroy, a big bone-handled knife, a prominent square jaw and bronze cheek and flashing eyes Get down--get down, an' come in, stranger, said Frank cordially How do you do, sir," said Jones Colonel Jones, I've been on your trail for twelve days," announced the stranger, with a grim smile. —  The Last of the Plainsmen
• Velveteen, corduroy, and like piled fabrics can be cleaned successfully if not too much worn, but no amount of cleaning will restore the pile that is worn off If allowed to stand until the impurities have settled and the clear liquid poured into clean bottles, it may be used for a number of times. —  Textiles and Clothing
• The nature of the road varied very much, according to the character of the land over which it passed: now it was of corduroy--that is to say of trees laid across it, the interstices filled up with clay or sand. —  The Log House by the Lake A Tale of Canada

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