A small frock or dress; a child's garment; possibly a diminutive or dialectal variant (archaic or regional term).
Likely a diminutive form of 'frock' (a dress or coat) formed with the '-in' suffix, similar to how many languages create diminutives. This term appears in historical texts but is now obsolete.
The '-in' diminutive suffix appears in tons of forgotten English words—'frokin' shows how people once casually created 'small version' words that we've lost, making historical inventories of children's clothing sound delightfully whimsical.
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