Galoshe
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Galoshe
A clog or patten. "Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche ." -
Galoshe
A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg. -
Galoshe
An overshoe worn in wet weather, especially a waterproof rubber overshoe extending over the ankle, worn over one's regular shoes; now usually written galosh. It is used mostly in the plural. -
Galoshe
Same as Galoche.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. galoche, galache, galage, shoe, F. galoche, galoche, perh. altered fr. L. gallica, a Gallic shoe, or fr. LL. calopedia, wooden shoe, or shoe with a wooden sole, Gr. , dim. of , , a shoemaker's last; wood + foot
Goodrich was making new rubber galoshes under the name the "Mystik Boot" and its marketing department wanted to add a little " zip " to its newfangled fastener. csmonitor.com
In brewpubs around the city, patrons can sip the wares in close proximity to giant vats of beer while brewmasters stomp around in galoshes carrying out their work. opb.org
I never know if I'll need new Easter shoes or new Easter galoshes. millelacscountytimes.com
There are computer users who believe that to access their Cloud-based data they need galoshes and an umbrella . kezj.com
A hood is over her head, a respirator in her mouth, and galoshes on her feet. "The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan" by
Care vanished, and with her the Galoshes. "Andersen's Fairy Tales" by
She slopped along in the great galoshes, her back to the lighted house now, her face to the dark barns. "The Good Comrade" by
But I detest putting on my heavy Russian galoshes, and my big cloak; and I never do either when I can possibly avoid it. "Russian Rambles" by
His trousers were turned up, and his feet, wisely, for the streets were wet and slimy, encased in neat galoshes. "Franklin Kane" by
You breakfast in the dining room, and in the winter you wear flannel underwear and galoshes. "Gigolo" by
Road's awash, meadders is flooded, an' the water's a-swashin' an' a-sloshin' in them there galoshes. "A Young Man in a Hurry" by
Whose galoshes are these, I should like to know, all muddy and covered with gravel? "The Leader of the Lower School" by
But it was the galoshes of Manhattan that saved his feet from freezing. "The Crimson Tide" by
Would you like to see Galoshes? "The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25)" by
Hat-none, galoshes-none.
You struggle with excitement
Out there all on your own.
You have one more message yet,
"Plimsolls, plimsolls in the summer,
Oh galoshes in the wet!"