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Galligaskins
CIDE DICTIONARY
Galligaskins, n. 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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