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noun
A pair of pants made from the skin of the lower half (below the waist) of a dead man, used by medieval Icelandic sorcerers to obtain money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, plural, plural-only
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From necro- + pants, a calque of Icelandic nábrók.
