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larrigan N. Amer.|ˈlærɪgən|
Also 9 larigan, larrigin.
[Of unknown origin.]
A long boot made of undressed leather.
1886Engineering News XVI. 99/1 And the ordinary foot-gear is a pair of cow-hide moccasins (called shoe-packs or larrigans). 1889Amer. N. & Q. III. 308 A larigan, or larrigin, in Maine and New Brunswick, is a kind of boot or moccasin of yellow leather, having a long leg reaching above the knee. It is worn by lumbermen in the deep snows of winter. 1915Outing (U.S.) Oct. 27/2 A ‘shoe-pac’ or ‘larrigan’ is a beef-hide moccasin with eight to ten-inch top, and with or without a light, flexible sole. 1922Short Stories (U.S.) Feb. 128/2 Over six feet in his larrigans. 1931‘Grey Owl’ Men of Last Frontier 180, I was much hampered by a pair of still hard-soled larrigans which I had donned. 1961Saturday Night (Toronto) 23 Dec. 18/1 After breakfast that day I rode to school..wearing a pair of cowhide larrigans greasy with linseed oil. 1968E. R. Buckler Ox Bells & Fireflies ii. 25 Little Tim was six foot seven..who could yet sew a larrigan together with the waxed end neater than a woman could hem⁓stitch.
Hence ˈlarriganed a., wearing larrigans.
1904C. G. D. Roberts Watchers of Trails 287 Then, turning on his larriganed heels, he strode up the trail. 1922Short Stories Feb. 129/1 [The dogs] clipped fangs at Cherriman's larriganed legs. |