Definition of 'chaps'
plural noun
Chaps are leather leggings without a seat that are sometimes worn by cowboys over their
pants.
[US] Greenough wears a blue checkered shirt, red scarf and brown chaps.
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plural noun
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Anna has gone to Paris with Andy, Graham and Richard, her colleagues, lovely chaps all. LOVE YOU MADLY (2002)I hardly know anyone out there apart from the chaps in the office. THE IMAGE OF LAURA (2002)Some of the chaps out there, the subalterns, were at Eton in my house for the little time I lasted. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (2002)
"Remember your chaps, all fifty of them, understand they are conducting a critical mission on behalf of Mother Russia. NIMITZ CLASS (2002)
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Used Occasionally. chaps is one of the 30000 most commonly used words in the Collins dictionary
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