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bowyangs

British  
/ ˈbəʊjæŋz /

plural noun

  1. 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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Etymology

Origin of bowyangs

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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