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Meanings of biggon in English

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Historical headgear, a close-fitting cap for a woman or child, 16th and 17th century.

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        Examples for "coif"
        Examples for "coif"
        1
        She was wearing no coif, but a jewel glittering on her breast.
        The Secret Eleanor
        2
        Whilst forming a coif it also completely covers the back and shoulders.-Trans
        The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 1
        3
        The wind stirred her black habit and touched gently her white coif.
        Long Live the King!
        4
        The rain ran down the mail coif under his plain iron helmet.
        Stonewielder
        5
        Hair Keep your strands carefree and cute with this bohemian babe-inspired coif.
        Ebony
        1
        Often a velvet cap was worn outside the biggin or lace cap.
        Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)
        2
        I have seen it stated that the biggin was a night-cap.
        Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)
        3
        By Shakespere's day biggin had become wholly a term for a child's cap.
        Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)
        4
        The French coffee biggin is valuable for this.
        Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
        5
        As he whose brow with homely biggin bound
        Shakespeare's Insomnia, and the Causes Thereof
        1
        'Nae guards wi' biggonets for Kennedy McClure,' says I.
        Patsy