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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
corduroy
cor·du·roy [corduroy corduroys] BrE [ˈkɔːdərɔɪ] NAmE [ˈkɔːrdərɔɪ] noun
1. (also cord)uncountable a type of strong soft cotton cloth with a pattern of raised parallel lines on it, used for making clothes
•a corduroy jacket
2. cor·du·roysplural (old-fashioned) = ↑cords
See also: ↑cord
Word Origin:
late 18th cent.: probably from ↑cord ‘ribbed fabric’ + duroy, denoting a kind of lightweight worsted formerly made in the West of England, of unknown origin.
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