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gas·kin (gaskin)

noun

  1. Obsolete galligaskins
  2. the upper part of the hind leg of a horse or other hoofed animal

Etymology: contr. < galligaskins

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