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bowyang Austral. and N.Z.|ˈbəʊjæŋ|
Also boyang.
[f. dial. bowy-yanks (see E.D.D.), bow-yankees (see Halliwell), leather leggings. Cf. also Sc. Nat. Dict. s.v. Booyangs, Bonanks.]
A band or strap worn about the trousers below the knee, esp. by labourers.
1893Warracknabeal Herald 22 Sept., To those not in the cult of ‘boyang worship’, it may be necessary to explain that the two straps used to hitch the lower part of labourers' trousers are ‘boyangs’. 1927J. Devanny Old Savage 121 He missed his bowyangs dreadfully. 1948A. P. Gaskell in Coast to Coast 1947 259 Progressive all right... I was the first in my district to appear at a dance without bowyangs. 1956G. Bowen Wool Away! (ed. 2) ii. 15 Without bowyangs, and with sheep working on the legs all the time, trousers would soon work down. 1965N.Z. Listener 26 Feb. 15/1 Bow-yangs, laces tied around the trouser legs below the knee to prevent drag when shearers bend over. |