Galligaskins (adj)
gal-ig-ask-inz
A type of loose knee-length pants.
First recorded in 1570–80. Earlier forms include gallogascaine(s) and galigascon(s).
Perhaps an alteration of obsolete French garguesque that was influenced by galley, “a kitchen or an area with kitchen facilities in a ship, plane, or camper,” and Gascon, “a native of Gascony, France.”
Example sentences
“As I rummaged through the case I found a pair of forgotten galligaskins.”
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