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galligaskins

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Noun Plural
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gal=li=gas=kins

CIDE DICTIONARY

galligaskinsn. pl. [Prob. corrupted fr. It. Grechesco Grecian, a name which seems to have been given in Venice, and to have been afterwards confused with Gascony, as if they came from Gascony.].
     Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

galligaskins, n.pl. hist. or joc. breeches, trousers.

Etymology
orig. wide hose of the 16th-17th c., f. obs. F garguesque for greguesque f. It. grechesca fem. of grechesco Greek

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