kilkenny, n.¹ — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

kilkenny n.¹

[proper name Kilkenny, a county and city in Leinster in the Republic of Ireland; frieze is a variety of coarse woollen cloth usu. made in Ireland]

a frieze coat.

c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Kilkenny c. an old sorry Frize Coat.
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.

kilkenny n.1

kilkenny n.¹