leggin

English

Noun

leggin (plural leggins)

1. (dated) A legging.
   • 1849, Edwin Bryant, What I Saw in California‎^[1]:

     Dismounting from his horse, he then takes from his leggin the butcher-knife that he always carries with him, and sticks the animal in the throat.

   • 1856, John Esten Cooke, The Last of the Foresters‎^[2]:

     Look at those leggins!

   • 1922, Zane Grey, Tales of lonely trails‎^[3]:

     Between the two of us we choked her hold loose, but she brought Jones' leather leggin in her teeth.

Anagrams

• gingle, leging, niggle