leggin

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A form of legging — A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.

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Meanings

nounleggin (plural leggins)

plural leggins

  1. datedDated form of legging.

    Look at those leggins!

    1856, John Esten Cooke, The Last of the Foresters
    2 more examples

    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.

    1849, Edwin Bryant, What I Saw in California

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

    1922, Zane Grey, Tales of lonely trails

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

niggleGeling
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APA

leggin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leggin

MLA

“leggin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leggin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leggin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leggin.

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