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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.
Compare chukka boot.


Origin:
1895–1900; after Jodhpur

Jodh⋅pur

[jod-per; locally johd-poor]
–noun
1. Also called Marwar. a former state in NW India, now in Rajasthan.
2. a city in central Rajasthan, in NW India. 318,894.
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Jodh·pur   (jŏd'pər, jōd'pŏŏr')   
A city of western India southwest of Delhi. Center of a former principality founded in the 13th century, it is an important wool market. Population: 846,000.
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