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galligaskins

galligaskins noun: large, loose breeches, fashionable in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Noun

galligaskins pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, historical, plural, plural-only) Large, loose breeches, fashionable in the 16th and 17th centuries.
    • He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother's heels, equipped in a pair of his father's cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather.1819 June 23, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Rip Van Winkle”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number I, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC...

Questions about galligaskins

What does galligaskins mean?
Galligaskins means large, loose breeches, fashionable in the 16th and 17th centuries.
What part of speech is galligaskins?
Galligaskins is a noun.

Words near galligaskins in the dictionary

  1. Gallified
  2. galliform
  3. galliforms
  4. Galligan
  5. Galligans
  6. galligaskins
  7. Galligher
  8. Gallighers
  9. galligu
  10. Galliher
  11. Gallihers

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