In all details of equipment he was a riverman complete: the narrow-brimmed black felt hat, pushed back from a tangle of curls; the flannel shirt crossed by the broad bands of the suspenders; the kersey trousers "stagged" off a little below the knee; the heavy knit socks; and the strong shoes armed with thin half-inch, needle-sharp caulks.
"The Adventures of Bobby Orde"
Stewart Edward White
A number of loggers were present, dressed in the invariable mackinaw, stagged overalls and caulked shoes.
"The Centralia Conspiracy"
Ralph Chaplin
He wore a khaki army coat above stagged overalls of a slightly darker shade,-Wesley Everest, the ex-soldier who was shortly to be mutilated and lynched by the mob.
"The Centralia Conspiracy"
Ralph Chaplin