galoshes
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of galoshes
C14 (in the sense: wooden shoe): from Old French galoche, from Late Latin gallicula Gallic shoe
Example Sentences
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He was fond of absurd juxtapositions, not just in his drawings but in his titles, too: “The Haunted Tea-Cosy,” “The Deadly Blotter,” “The Galoshes of Remorse.”
From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2018
Galoshes used to be the norm for northern schoolchildren.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2016
It was his first solo effort to function as a traditional kind of glam rock record; his earlier records, 1998’s 12 Bar Blues and 2008’s “Happy” in Galoshes, were more alien and estranged.
From The Guardian • Dec. 4, 2015
Because the Soviets halted deployment of the Galoshes three years ago, many Americans felt that the system was being abandoned as technically unfeasible.
From Time Magazine Archive
Galoshes and clear plastic rain bonnets have been bestsellers at Miss Mattie’s mercantile in Halleluia all month.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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