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Definition of galoshes noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

galoshes

noun
 
/ɡəˈlɒʃɪz/
 
/ɡəˈlɑːʃɪz/
 [plural]
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  1. rubber shoes (no longer very common) that are worn over normal shoes in wet weather
    • a pair of galoshes
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
    Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a type of clog): via Old French from late Latin gallicula, diminutive of Latin gallica (solea) ‘Gallic (shoe)’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.
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