Plural of corduroy; pants or trousers made from corduroy fabric, or logs laid perpendicular to a road for construction.
From corduroy, with the -s plural ending. The term refers both to the ribbed fabric itself and to the distinctive grooved appearance that made the textile association memorable.
Corduroy pants became a status symbol in different eras—in the 1970s they represented casual cool, but in earlier decades they marked working-class identity, showing how the same material could signal rebellion or poverty depending on historical moment.
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