SANS-CULOTTES
\sˈanzkjˈʊlɒts], \sˈanzkjˈʊlɒts], \s_ˈa_n_z_k_j_ˈʊ_l_ɒ_t_s]\
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[Fr.] A contemptuous name, denoting the beggary of those who go with their legs bare; applied to the Jacobins of the French Revolution, but afterwards assumed by themselves as a title of honour. In the new calendar the five supernumerary days were called Sansculottides.
By Henry Percy Smith
