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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters..
[W]’i my firelock, and my bagnet, and my spatterdashes […] I was a pretty sight in my soldiering days.
Over the winter-solid Roads, goes a great seething,— of mounted younger Gentlemen riding together by the dozens upon rented horses, Express Messengers in love with pure Velocity, Disgruntl'd Suitors with Pistols stuff'd in their Spatterdashes, seal'd Waggons not even a western Black-Boy would think of detaining.
Use spatterdashes when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Spatterdashes means Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters..
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[W]’i my firelock, and my bagnet, and my spatterdashes […] I was a pretty sight in my soldiering days.
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