http://wordie.org/words/corduroy Comments for the word 'Corduroy' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/corduroy#comments This is just a modern rock song,<br />This is just a sorry lament,<br />We're four boys in <a href="/words/corduroy">corduroy</a>s,<br />We're not terrific but we're competent.<br /><br />(This is just a modern rock song, by Belle and Sebastian) Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:22:59 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/corduroy#comments http://wordie.org/words/corduroy#comments 1780, Amer.Eng., probably from cord + obs. 17c. duroy, a coarse fabric made in England. Folk etymology is from *corde du roi "the king's cord," but this is not attested in Fr., where the term for the cloth was velours à côtes. Applied in U.S. to a road of logs across swampy ground (1822).<br /><br /> Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:17:42 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/corduroy#comments