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galligaskinses

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gal⋅li⋅gas⋅kins

  [gal-i-gas-kinz]
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–noun (used with a plural verb)
1. loose hose or breeches worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
2. loose breeches in general.
3. leggings or gaiters, usually of leather.
Also, gallygaskins.

Origin:
1570–80; earlier gallogascaine(s), galigascon(s), of obscure orig.; final element is perh. Gascon (later assimilated to -kin )
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