Usage examples (8)

• No, there you are, as sensible as ever you were, with a pair of good balbriggan stockings on and sensible shoes
• Six changes of underwear -- merino or wool -- and a dozen balbriggan or woolen hose will be sufficient.
• The most popular lunchtime dish, Mr. Boyle says, is the balbriggan salmon, served atop sweet potatoes and spinach in a sweet malt vinegar sauce.
• There were men in complete Moro costume, handsome and picturesque; others ruining their appearance by the addition of a hideous balbriggan undershirt, sandwiched between...