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bowyangs
/ ˈəʊæŋ /
plural noun
- history a pair of strings or straps secured round each trouser leg below the knee, worn esp by sheep-shearers and other labourers
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Origin of bowyangs1
C19: from English dialect bowy-yanks leggings
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The first man that Steelman and Smith came up to on the last embankment, where they struck the new railway line, was a heavy, gloomy, labouring man with bowyangs on and straps round his wrists.
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