He wore a gray sweatshirt and caramel corduroys with the knees and thighs bald, like a worn radial tire.

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More often than not, he turns up at black-tie dinners dressed in a polo shirt, black corduroys, and sneakers.

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Behind a locked metal door, I sat on a cracked, black toilet seat and let my bell bottom corduroys wrinkle around my ankles.

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Brocia may be worldly but he is no James Bond, with his wire framed glasses, faded black shirt, corduroys, and unruly salt-and-pepper hair.

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Maybe she didn't approve of my daughter's floral corduroys.

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The anti-stain wipes are good too, especially if you are travelling with only one pair of trousers (I should have mentioned that dark corduroys are better than light ones from this point of view).

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When I went to school in blue corduroys and a pink sweater stitched with a picture of a stallion rearing up, I avoided sitting next to Jenny Adams with her flowered dresses and polished Mary Janes.

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For much of the 20th century, it was custom for Ivy League graduates (and their imitators) to keep at least one "odd jacket" in their wardrobes to wear with khakis, gray flannels or wide-wale corduroys, rather than slim cargo pants, purple chinos or the "winter whites" that are now a trend in Italy.

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