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larrigan laragan, larigan [origin unknown]

• n. a type of moccasin of oil-tanned cowhide having uppers reaching almost to the knee and, usually, flexible soles.

  See also: shoepack (def. 1)  

  • 1898  For clothing, then, take . . . 1 pair Canadian laragans or shoe-packs; 3 pairs seamless felt ankle moccasins. . . .
  • 1905  The snow clogged in all that was left of my cowhide mocassins (larigans) and I took them off. . . .
  • 1950  The cook said after, it was lucky they had been cold enough to leave their larrigans on, else they'd run in their sock feet.
  • 1961  After breakfast that day I rode to school on the rear runner of a fishmonger's sleigh wearing a pair of cowhide larrigans greasy with linseed oil.