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Synonyms for galoshes

Grammar : Noun
Spell : guh-losh
Phonetic Transcription : gəˈlɒʃ

Définition of galoshes

Origin :
  • mid-14c., kind of footwear consisting of a wooden sole fastened onto the foot with leather thongs, perhaps from Old French galoche (singular), from Late Latin gallicula, diminutive of gallica (solea) "a Gallic (sandal)" [Klein]. Alternative etymology [Barnhart, Hatz.-Darm.] is from Vulgar Latin *galopia, from Greek kalopodion, diminutive of kalopous "shoemaker's last," from kalon "wood" + pous "foot" (see foot (n.)). The surname Galocher is attested from c.1300. Modern meaning "rubber covering of a boot or shoe" is from 1853.
  • As in boot : noun heavy, often tall, shoe
Example sentences :
  • But it was the galoshes of Manhattan that saved his feet from freezing.
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
  • Miss Burt in galoshes and with a wrap over her head was coming up the garden.
  • Extract from : « The Invader » by Margaret L. Woods
  • Perhaps I'd better send him one for Christmas instead of a pair of galoshes.
  • Extract from : « The Idiot at Home » by John Kendrick Bangs
  • There are tracks on the little porch, my dear girl, not made by your galoshes.
  • Extract from : « Where There's A Will » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • "I believe her galoshes are in the passage outside her door," he said, and hurried after her.
  • Extract from : « Look Back on Happiness » by Knut Hamsun
  • Would you go out in the grounds where we sat yesterday and fetch my galoshes?
  • Extract from : « Look Back on Happiness » by Knut Hamsun
  • The woman had put on a heavy coat, galoshes, and carried woolen blankets.
  • Extract from : « The Cry at Midnight » by Mildred A. Wirt
  • “Wear your slickers and either high boots or galoshes,” the Cub leader advised the boys.
  • Extract from : « Dan Carter Cub Scout » by Mildred A. Wirt
  • A kindly but futile Ambassador shook the snow of Petrograd from his galoshes and solemnly and laboriously vanished.
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
  • At last she was off, Mijnheer's galoshes wallowing about her feet, his black-caped mackintosh thrown round her shoulders.
  • Extract from : « The Good Comrade » by Una L. Silberrad

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