bowyangs

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bowyangs

(ˈbəʊjæŋz)

pl n

(Historical Terms) history Austral and NZ a pair of strings or straps secured round each trouser leg below the knee, worn esp by sheep-shearers and other labourers

[C19: from English dialect bowy-yanks leggings]

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Hope savagely mocked the parochialism of "the stock-rail and bowyangs school, the great mateship picnic, and the literary canons of Clancy's Thumbnail Dipped in Tar.

Debutante Nation: Feminism Contests the 1890s

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