jodhpurs

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Sadly, I have no perfect dropped waisted dresses, jodhpurs, long leather jackets, shearling or long boots to complete the Earhart homage but seeing as I haven't done anything remotely as groundbreaking as what Miss Earhart did, I don't suppose the look would be quite becoming.

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  1. plural noun Wide-hipped riding pants of heavy cloth, fitting tightly from knee to ankle.

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  • Kardalkeddy had been frowning as he came in, still wearing his jodhpurs, his hair mussed and deep circles beneath his eyes. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 04-05 - October-November 1997
  • Instead of the robe and jodhpurs or the fur suit, the Traveler Between Worlds wore a much-used pair of coarsely woven pants and a ragged shirt. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 04-05 - October-November 1997
  • The lights come back on, revealing balconies and terraces jammed with men and women in evening finery: long slit-legged skirts, hooded capes, jodhpurs, tricorn caps, brocaded vests, codpieces, knee boots. —  Steele, Allen - [Near-Space 05] - A King of Infinite Space
  • With casual clothing gaining in acceptance even in the corporate world, sales of jeans, shorts, sweatshirts, dungarees, bomber jackets, jodhpurs, long shorts, cardigans, flamenco skirts, baggy jeans and smocks are on the upswing. casual wear market, particularly in the United States. —  PRWeb - Daily News Feed
  • The critic saw so much more in that moment than Hawks did (Hawks just thought it was funny to put Grant in jodhpurs and have him crawl through the bushes) ... and Hawks often wondered what the hell was going on in France that they would examine his work so closely - but we owe them a great debt, for keeping the flame alive until the rest of us could catch up. —  The Sheila Variations
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