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Synonyms for leggin
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : leg-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛg ɪŋ |
Définition of leggin
Origin :- "extra outer covering to protect the leg," 1763, from leg (n.). Related: Leggings.
- As in leggings : noun gaiters
- But what the—— Meanwhile I was leggin' it down towards the village.
- Extract from : « The House of Torchy » by Sewell Ford
- The loose end of his leggin was caught in the wires of the empennage.
- Extract from : « Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol » by Henry Harley Arnold
- See the goney, how his pencil is a leggin' it off, for dear life.
- Extract from : « The Attache » by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
- They're only goin' to stretch you over the log and tan you eight or ten times with the leggin's.
- Extract from : « Rolling Stones » by O. Henry
- Well, sometimes—it was owing to the crime—but sometimes they would put it up to about twenty licks with the leggin's.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. » by Work Projects Administration
- On killing the second enemy he paints his left leg (that is, the leggin) of a reddish-brown.
- Extract from : « Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, v. 23 » by Various
- The leggin is a buckskin or cloth covering for the leg and thigh, as of the pantaloon.
- Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX » by Various
- Below this they wear a leggin of fine fur neatly wrought with shells of various kinds and colors.
- Extract from : « Torrey's Narrative » by William Torrey
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