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
A few minutes afterwards, Rigolette, having put on her goloshes and taken her umbrella, left the prison more joyfully than she had entered it.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
She was tugging on her goloshes, one foot on a chair, her face flushed with effort and expectancy.
From The Pastor's Wife by Arnim, Elizabeth von
It was raining in torrents, but, thanks to her goloshes and umbrella, Rigolette had boldly faced the wind and rain.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
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