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Definition of Leggin
1. legging [n -S] - See also: legging
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leggin
Literary usage of Leggin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1912)
"Now, it happened that while Mr. leggin began to display remarkable social ...
Per'aps it's time fer me to be on the 'op likewise," suggested Mr. leggin ..."
2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"leggin, s. The angle in the bottom of a cask, or wooden vessel, S. To LIP AND
leggin. A phrase applied to drink in a vessel. ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"The person to whom it is offered, holds the vessel obliquely, BO as to try whether
the liquid will at the same time touch the leggin, or angle in the bottom ..."
4. Pocket Dictionary of the Scottish Idiom in which the Signification of the by Robert Motherby (1826)
"leggin-gird, s. a hoop round the ... leggin-gird (to cast a-} to have a bastard,
einen 23 U* i" {see ..."
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