Galligaskins

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Galligaskins \Gal`li*gas"kins\, 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.


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