Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A moccasin with knee-high leggings made of oiled leather.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A boot of undressed leather, worn principally by lumbermen.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Origin unknown.]

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Examples

  • "W'at you t'ink 'bout Leloo, now?" grinned the Indian, as he rose from his knee and wiped his bloody knife upon his larrigan.

    Connie Morgan in the Fur Country 1921

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