leggins

Example Sentences

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He had on a buckskin hunting-shirt with long fringes, and long buckskin leggins, and his old rifle lay ready in the hollow of his arm.

From Two Years in Oregon by Nash, Wallis

They took their scout suits, of course, with leggins, and their heaviest high boots.

From Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies by Eaton, Walter Prichard

He wore a green embroidered frock, with buff leggins of dressed deerskin richly worked by some Indian maid, and on his feet were buskins of dressed doeskin.

From Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt

She unloosened the shoe of the maiden as she spoke and removed the silken leggins, marveling much at their richness as she did so.

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster

B. J.—Say, Slim; that old horse will throw you so high that the sparrows will build nests in your leggins before you come down.

From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Collins, Dennis