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Definition of Shaps
1. n. pl. Chaparajos.
Definition of Shaps
1. a cowboy's leather riding leggings [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shaps
Literary usage of Shaps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"shaps, Oats without the grain, retaining nothing but the shape. SHAPP, To shape.
" And bad him shappe a shup ..."
2. Handbook for Rangers & Woodsmen by Jay Laird Burgess Taylor (1916)
"By reason of the fact that these shaps need not be Fio. 14. ... Furthermore, if
spurs are worn, these need not be removed if the shaps are to be laid aside ..."
3. Heaven, Hell, Or Hoboken by Ray Neil Johnson (1919)
"shaps placed his pack on a mule-leader cart as we were leaving the Argonne. ...
Next morning shaps woke minus a shelter-half, raincoat, two clean suits of ..."
4. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"—Ballad: Beautiful Bi:i): shaps (American), leather leggings. ... A pair of shaps
or leather overalls, with tags and fringes down the seams. ..."
5. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"And apparently, the implements with which they are formed. Old local statement.
shaps, s. pi. fashions. ' All maks and shaps,' all kinds and modes. ..."
6. Hunting Trips of a Ranchman: Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains by Theodore Roosevelt (1885)
"... with a bright silk handkerchief loosely knotted round the neck, trousers tucked
into high-heeled boots, and a pair of leather "shaps ..."
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