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34 fashion terms (clothing, hair styles, fabrics, etc.)
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spats
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Definition:a type of protective footwear, worn over the shoes. They were a fashion accessory up until about 1930.
photo 1: by ajvocab.comphoto 2: By Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18022005
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Stepan Arkadyevitch was dressed in rough leggings and spats, in torn trousers and a short coat.
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Miss Vandertunt: Good Lord! You should have your underbutler fire the housekeeper!
Archer: [sarcastically] Yea, maybe after he's done getting the caviar stains out of my spats.
Adam Reed. Archer, season 8, Dreamland: Berenice (2017)
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Ted Bradley: Very few people know anything about Elder Burch. Very few people. He was a tall, good-looking man (I would say) and he would stand there rockin' with spats on his shoes, shoes always shined. He was well dressed: vest, gold chains [...].
PBS. American Epic: Blood and Soil (2017)
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