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galoshes, goloshes [gəˈlɒʃɪz] pl n
(Clothing & Fashion) (sometimes singular) a pair of waterproof overshoes [C14 (in the sense: wooden shoe): from Old French galoche, from Late Latin gallicula Gallic shoe] Translations galoshes pl → Gummischuhe pl, → Galoschen pl galoshes [gəˈlɒʃɪz] n → calosce fpl galoshes [gəˈlɒʃɪz] n → calosce fpl How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A tall, bald-headed old man with a red nose, wearing a dressing gown and with galoshes on his bare feet, stood in the anteroom. "I must tell you," said she, "that to-day is my birthday; and in honor of it, a pair of walking-shoes or galoshes has been entrusted to me, which I am to carry to mankind. As the voices came round one corner, I whisked in my noiseless clothes round the next, and it was only Fraulein Wundermacher, a person of resource, who discovered that all she needed for my successful circumvention was galoshes. |
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