| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  ch ps, shps |
| PLURAL NOUN: | Heavy leather trousers without a seat, worn over ordinary trousers by ranch hands to protect their legs. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Short for American Spanish chaparreras, from Spanish chaparro, chaparral. See chaparral.
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