What does chaparejos mean?
Chaparejos means chaps (trousers).
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
chaps (trousers).
In the store the long shelves upon one side held dry-goods, while upon the opposite shelves a miscellany of groceries was displayed; toward the rear was the storekeeper's assortment of hardware near a counter piled high with sweaters, boots, chaparejos, all jumbled hopelessly.
To protect our legs we wore over the trousers heavy leather chaparejos, sometimes of bear or buffalo hide.
Lean, wiry, bronzed men, their legs cased in leather chaparejos, with small boots, high heels, and great spurs, they were, despite their loose, slouchy seat, the best rough-riders in the world.
What he saw was a tall slim young man, in chaparejos and sombrero, the inevitable "repeater" at his hip, solitarily engaged in the process of breaking a bronco.
Use chaparejos when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chaparejos means chaps (trousers).
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In the store the long shelves upon one side held dry-goods, while upon the opposite shelves a miscellany of groceries was displayed; toward the rear was the storekeeper's assortment of hardware near a counter piled high with sweaters, boots, chaparejos, all jumbled hopelessly.
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