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leglen
[ leg-lin ]
/ ˌlɛg lɪn /
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noun Scot. and North England.
a milk pail.
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Origin of leglen
1715–25; perhaps <Scandinavian; compare Icelandic legillinn the keg, equivalent to legill keg (≪ Latin; see lagena) + -inn the
Words nearby leglen
legitimacy, legitimate, legitimate government, legitimist, legitimize, leglen, legless, legman, Legnica, LEGO, leg-of-mutton
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How to use leglen in a sentence
Katharine had begun a-milking, but when she beheld her father coming across the meadow, she left her leglen and ran home.