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Meaning of galligaskins | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Large, loose breeches, fashionable in the 16th and 17th centuries.

archaic, historical, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Deutsch Bluderhose Pluderhose
Español gregüescos
Français grègues
Italiano brachesse calzoni alla greca
Polski szarawary
Português calças à valona

Examples

“He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother's heels, equipped in a pair of his father's cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Galligher galligu Galliher Gallimania gallimatia gallimaufray

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