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  • This done, he grinned at himself in the mirror, as he reflected that Hanson had never seen him except in conventional clothing, and that he would never recognize him in mackinaw and larrigans, with his mustache gone.

    The Challenge of the North 1921

  • We there pull off our larrigans, our supper for to eat.

    The Lumber Camp Song 1920

  • The big box-stove behind them, which heated the camp, was wearing itself to a dull red glow; and the air that rushed out with the light from the open door was heavy with the smell of wet woollens, wet larrigans, and wet leather.

    The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901

  • Down the road toward the cabin came a man, in gray homespun and cowhide larrigans, with an axe over his shoulder.

    The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901

  • Men in larrigans and leggings were huddled round the stove, for the autumn crispness comes early in the mountains.

    The Rainy Day Railroad War Holman Day 1900

  • After a time he kicked off his larrigans and rolled into his bunk, ready dressed as he had stood.

    Joan of Arc of the North Woods Holman Day 1900

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