Gascoyne

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of gaskin (“hose; trousers”). alt-of, obsolete

    "Sponge i' thy gascoyns, / Thy gally-gascoyns there! [Footnote u: gally-gascoyns] "i.e. wide hose or slops" [trousers]. Reed.]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English surname from Old French, variant of Gascoigne.
  2. 2
    A city and village in North Dakota.
  3. 3
    One of nine administrative regions in Western Australia.

Example

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"Sponge i' thy gascoyns, / Thy gally-gascoyns there! [Footnote u: gally-gascoyns] "i.e. wide hose or slops" [trousers]. Reed.]"

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