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It's Lion Turtles all the way down ([personal profile] lettered) wrote in [community profile] daily_words2011-01-17 07:10 pm

jodhpur

jodh·pur

   
[jod-per]

–noun
1. jodhpurs, (used with a plural verb ) riding breeches cut very full over the hips and tapering at the knees to become tightfitting from the knees to the ankles.
2. Also called jodhpur shoe, jodhpur boot: an ankle-high shoe for wearing with such breeches, having a strap that encircles the ankle and buckles on the side.

*The point of this post was Kristin Scott Thomas's pants in The English Patient. I wasn't such a fan of the movie. Not even such a fan of the actress. But I was a fan of those pants. It's been 11 years since I've seen them, and I couldn't find them online :o(

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