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duroys

duroys noun: any clothing made from duroy.

Noun

duroys pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Any clothing made from duroy.
    • Like most woolen cloths, duroys were not notably fashionable in England or her colonies; an unsuccessful 1741 scheme aimed to bring them into fashion through royal use (Montgomery 2007: 350).2014, Christina J. Hodge, Consumerism and the Emergence of the Middle Class in Colonial America, page 138

Origin of duroys

From duroy + -s.

Questions about duroys

What does duroys mean?
Duroys means any clothing made from duroy.
What part of speech is duroys?
Duroys is a noun.

Words near duroys in the dictionary

  1. durotomy
  2. Durotriges
  3. durous
  4. Durov
  5. duroy
  6. duroys
  7. durr
  8. durr-brain
  9. durr-brains
  10. durra
  11. Durrah

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