Definitions

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  • noun A fine corduroy fabric
  • noun in the plural trousers made of the material

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Examples

  • When I got home, I had another parcel waiting for me - some mini boden needlecord I'd got from Ebay, and the lovely lady had sent me some scraps of mini boden spotty cord too, so another bonus!

    Archive 2007-11-01 Katy 2007

  • When I got home, I had another parcel waiting for me - some mini boden needlecord I'd got from Ebay, and the lovely lady had sent me some scraps of mini boden spotty cord too, so another bonus!

    An Alladin's Cave of Fabric.....And a PIF Katy 2007

  • And then I made a cat from black needlecord and oilily needlecord so I could practise on my sewing machine.....

    Archive 2007-11-01 Katy 2007

  • Really I should have stopped there, but they had Liberty print tana lawns for pennies (Ok, not quite pennies, but about 3 quid a metre), so I got a couple of those, and found some beautiful liberty needlecord for about the same (so I bought up the rest they had - only a couple of metres, but I couldn't resist!)

    An Alladin's Cave of Fabric.....And a PIF Katy 2007

  • One is made from tweed with a mini boden needlecord nose and legs, and the other is cream cord with mini boden needlecord nose and legs.

    Busy Week! Katy 2007

  • And then I made a cat from black needlecord and oilily needlecord so I could practise on my sewing machine.....

    Wet Weekends = Busy Monkey Katy 2007

  • Really I should have stopped there, but they had Liberty print tana lawns for pennies (Ok, not quite pennies, but about 3 quid a metre), so I got a couple of those, and found some beautiful liberty needlecord for about the same (so I bought up the rest they had - only a couple of metres, but I couldn't resist!)

    Archive 2007-11-01 Katy 2007

  • One is made from tweed with a mini boden needlecord nose and legs, and the other is cream cord with mini boden needlecord nose and legs.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Katy 2007

  • Two pairs of leggings, a pair of jeans, a pair of black needlecord trousers.

    Conferences are Murder McDermid, Val 1999

  • Isabel Marant's Etoile line has leopard-print needlecord jeans £240

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

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