GALLIGASKINS

Definition: GALLIGASKINS

GALLIGASKINS

Noun plural

1. Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Galligaskins \Gal`li*gas"kins\, plural noun. [Probably corrupted from Italian Grechesco Grecian, name which seems to have been given in Venice, and to have been afterwards confused with Gascony, as if they came from Gascony.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Slang in 1811	GALLIGASKINS. Breeches. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: GALLIGASKINS

English words defined with "GALLIGASKINS": Gallygaskins, Gaskins. (references)

Etymologies containing "GALLIGASKINS": Gaskins. (references)

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Language		Translations for "GALLIGASKINS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		kilota (bloomers, breeches, plus fours). (various references)

Arabic		‏الطماق كساء للساق, ‏بنطلون قصير فضفاض. (various references)

Bulgarian		широки гащи, широки панталони от 16-17 век. (various references)

French		pantalon court, habit pour la jambe. (various references)

Hungarian		bõ térdnadrág. (various references)

Pig Latin		alligaskinsgay.(various references)

Portuguese		gilicismo, calças (corduroys, knickers, long trousers for babies, pantaloon, panties, pants, trousers, underpants), bombachas. (various references)

Russian		широкие брюки (slacks). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		široke pantalone. (various references)

Swedish		vidbyxor, läderdamasker. (various references)

Turkish		eski bol çorap, bol pantolon (bags, slacks). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"GALLIGASKINS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gallygaskins. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "GALLIGASKINS" (pronounced 'Gal`li*gas"kins'): Gallygaskins, Gaskins, Jenkins. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-g-g-i-i-k-l-l-n-s-s"
	-2 letters: alkalising.
	-3 letters: assailing, skillings.
	-4 letters: galliass, ganglial, gaskings, gingalls, glassing, killings, sailings, skilling.
	-5 letters: agnails, alkalin, alkalis, askings, galling, ganglia, gasking, gaskins, gassing, gilling, gingall, gingals, kalians, killing, kissing, lakings, likings, nilgais, sailing, salinas, signals, silking, skiings, slaking.
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