Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Obsolete spellings of galligaskins.
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of galligaskins.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. See galligaskins.
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Historical Costume Box
This is just sort of my "unsorted pit" of costumes to be organized later. It's a really broad topic, so right now, anything goes! Thanks for the contributions!
baldric, bliaut, coif, cote-hardie, farthingale, houppelande, partlet, tabard, kirtle, wimple, buskin, greatcoat and 33 more...
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Gems from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulg...
Citation: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, unabridged from the original 1811 edition, with a foreword by Max Harris. London: Bibliophile Books, 1984.
Original title page: A Dictio...tuzzy-muzzy, half seas over, hugger mugger, hugotontheonbiqui..., doodle sack, juniper lecture, kate, kent street eject..., jack ketch, davy, abel-wackets, three-legged mare and 370 more...
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Wordie/Wordnik Curio Cabinet
Oddments culled from my "main" lists that belong in a display cabinet of their own, plus sundry other curiosities. :-)
zeugma, ziggurat, xiphoid, xeric, whizgigging, whangdoodle, viviparous, vivific, vinolent, verjuice, vellicate, velleity and 1193 more...
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Words I have learned that I can't eve...
fillip, tocsin, subfusc, lacuna, popinjay, sylvan, dubiety, doff, mimetic, cogitate, chthonic, neophyte and 134 more...
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End in -kin
You heard it here first. Well, maybe not first, but you heard it here. Well, maybe not "heard," but read. You read it here. At some point.
gherkin, merkin, firkin, malkin, pumpkin, bumpkin, pipkin, bodkin, napkin, mannikin, pigskin, sealskin and 83 more...
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chained_bear See also the OED explanation/usage/etymology on galligaskins. Oct 1, 2008
reesetee It's a classic, for sure. Sep 5, 2008
chained_bear I'd say hamcases is pretty ludicrous as well. :) Sep 5, 2008
reesetee C_b, this is weird: I just found galligaskins today, before I even read your posts. Apparently it has the same meaning, but I like the OED definition: "A kind of wide hose or breeches worn in the 16th and 17th c.; later, a more or less ludicrous term for loose breeches in general." :-) Sep 5, 2008
chained_bear "Breeches." See also hamcases. Sep 5, 2008