balbriggan

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Two undershirts, balbriggan or woollen.

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  • For riding, the best are those of silk Two undershirts, balbriggan or woollen Three pairs of woollen socks Two linen handkerchiefs, large enough, if needed, to tie around the throat and protect the back of the neck One pair of pajamas, woollen, not linen One housewife Two briarwood pipes Six bags of smoking tobacco; Durham or Seal of North Carolina pack easily One pad of writing paper One fountain pen, self-filling One bottle of ink, with screw top, held tight by a spring One dozen linen envelopes Stamps, wrapped in oil-silk with mucilage side next to the silk One stick sealing-wax. —  Notes of a War Correspondent
  • Two undershirts, balbriggan or woollen. —  Notes of a War Correspondent
  • But fancy the shock to one's æstheticism at seeing coarse balbriggan allied to barbaric splendour. —  A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route
  • Six changes of underwear -- merino or wool -- and a dozen balbriggan or woolen hose will be sufficient. —  The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men
  • Martin Dockerill ate pun'kin pie with his fingers, played "Marching through Georgia" on the mouth-organ, admired burlesque-show women in sausage-shaped pink tights, and wore balbriggan socks that always reposed in wrinkles over the tops of his black shoes with frayed laces. —  The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life
 

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  1. After Balbriggan, a seaport of eastern Ireland.
 

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