goloshes
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Commodities showing decreases; grain products, salt, goloshes, tires, tobacco products.
From Time Magazine Archive
He made careful preparations, wrapping himself in several coats and mufflers and encasing his neat boots in goloshes.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Dorine felt less tired after she had had some dinner and changed her clothes; and she put on her goloshes and went on to Mamma's at once.
From Small Souls by Couperus, Louis
As for the goloshes, it was self-evident that I needed them, and, after that morning, I never set foot out of doors in Russia without the regular protection worn by everyone in that climate.
From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Kellogg, Clara Louise
Brougham have they none; goloshes and a lanthorn their only substitute.
From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda
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