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buskins

noun as in leggings

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To save his shins from attack he wrapped his legs in newspaper buskins.

Their feet were incased in buskins that seemed to be made of leather.

But the only ground for this assertion consisted in the fact that some painted shields and buskins were found on the battle-field.

There is a kind of rusticity in all those pompous verses; somewhat of a holiday shepherd strutting in his country buskins.

A lion's head for a cap, a collar, and buskins are the sole articles of dress worn.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to buskins, such as: chaps, puttees, putts, stockings, half-boots, and leggins.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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