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big·gin (big′in)

noun

  1. a cap or hood, esp. for a child
  2. a nightcap

Etymology: MFr < OFr, orig. cap worn by the Beguines, a lay sisterhood

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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