What is "balbriggan"

Usage examples of "balbriggan".

No, there you are, as sensible as ever you were, with a pair of good Balbriggan stockings on and sensible shoes.

His nether extremities were encased in high Balbriggan buskins dyed in lichen purple, the feet being shod with brogues of salted cowhide laced with the windpipe of the same beast.

He hung everything carefully away, moving about the bedroom in under drawers as long as Bermuda shorts and balbriggan undershirt with cap sleeves.

Delaney was thankful for his flannel muffler, vested suit, and balbriggan underwear.

She then chose a large supply of underwear of lisle, linen handkerchiefs, and balbriggan socks.

Clicking her tongue softly, she eased the animal onto the narrow trail, praying silently that she would make it to Balbriggan Mine before the approaching storm claimed her.

Unfortunately, the vein was shallow and the Balbriggan only rang up a profit for about seven years, but somehow this old dig captures the spirit of the Old West.

The tour bus had reached the Balbriggan around ten-thirty that morning.

How could I have shot Rafe in the back, then raced to the Balbriggan mine fast enough to fall down a mine shaft before you arrived a couple hours later?

I was touring the old Balbriggan Mine when a rotted timber gave way and I fell into an old shaft.

Thanks to her, Constantine was now senior curate in Balbriggan and, thanks to her, Gabriel himself had taken his degree in the Royal University.

Henry Coyle from Balbriggan, was on a two-week holiday in Seville with his wife and three children.

They were Balbriggan stockings of a dark grey, long and fine, and he examined them, before hanging them up to dry.

The balbriggan cotton cup dangled in the air as Milt expanded the length of elastic, then released it with a snap.