Balbriggann.
/balˈbrɪɡən/ Applied attributively to a knitted cotton fabric manufactured in Balbriggan, used in hose, underwear, etc.; also to other products, and elliptically.
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1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 128 A white hat with a black band, surmounting a rough coat, cord trousers, and Balbriggan boots.
1885 Queen 24 Oct. (advt.) Ladies' Stockings... In Balbriggan (fourteen qualities).
1887 R. Dennis Industr. Irel. ix. 104 Hosiery..is well described as having ‘slipped away’ from Ireland—save perhaps in the solitary instance of the Balbriggan hose, which is still in great demand.
1910 Encycl. Brit. III. 242/1 The town has considerable manufactures of cottons and hosiery, ‘Balbriggan hose’ being well known.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 284 High Balbriggan buskins.
1928 A. Christie Myst. of Blue Train xxx. 251 With a pair of good Balbriggan stockings on and sensible shoes.
1941 H. Asbury Underworld of Chicago 272 Two suits of heavy underwear, one of wool and one of balbriggan.
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