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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
galligaskins \gal`ligas"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.
1913 webster
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