gals.
Americanabbreviation
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“Theatre gals. We met doing a play in New Jersey. I think I was still in high school.”
From The New Yorker • Dec. 1, 2014
It totals 75 million gals., enough to fill a supertanker to overflowing.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the U.S., the whisky market is now glutted: warehouses hold 900 million gals. of whisky, 80% more than ten years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
RPMKnotsGPHdB-A6005.02.8779008.48.283120010.420.286150017.430.488180025.344.889210029.664.688240035.673.093Speeds measured by GPS in the Atlantic Ocean off Palm Beach, Fla., in a three-foot chop and 15-mph winds w/eight people, 475 gals. of fuel and 80 gals. of water on board.
From Time Magazine Archive
The poachers hold 1,500 gals. each, or 18 cwt. of cotton.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)
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