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Noun
gascoyne (plural gascoynes)
- Obsolete form of gaskin (“hose; trousers”).
c. 1615–1617, Thomas Middleton, “The Widow”, in The Works of Thomas Middleton, , volume III, London: Edward Lumley, , published 1840, →OCLC, act IV, scene i, page 405:Sponge i' thy gascoyns, / Thy gally-gascoyns there! [Footnote u: gally-gascoyns] "i.e. wide hose or slops" [trousers]. Reed.]
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