galligaskins /ˌɡalɪˈɡaskɪnz 
/ ▸ plural noun British English historical breeches, trousers, or gaiters. – ORIGIN late 16th century: perhaps an alteration (influenced by galley and Gascon) of obsolete French gargesque, from Italian grechesca, feminine of grechesco ‘Greek’.
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