See bowyang on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From British dialect (Lincolnshire) bowy-yanks (“leather leggings”).",
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"ref": "1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published 2003, page 75:",
"text": "Jack McGrath […] travelled innocently beside his team in his faded red shirt, his moleskins, bowyangs, and heavy boots.",
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"A strap worn below the knee, especially by labourers, to keep the trousers up or to stop them stretching while bending."
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"(Australia, New Zealand) A strap worn below the knee, especially by labourers, to keep the trousers up or to stop them stretching while bending."
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