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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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JAG, n.3
1. A jack-boot, “hunter fashion (of boots)” (Rxb. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gl.).
2. “The best part of calf-leather” (Sc. 1825 Jam.).Sc. 1726 Ramsay T.-T. Misc. (1876) I. 198:
His boots they were made of the jag, When he went to the weapon-shaw.
