Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Galoshes. See
galosh .
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- noun Plural form of
goloe-shoe .
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Examples
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They wore to protect these frail shoes, when walking on the ill-paved streets, various forms of overshoes, known as goloe-shoes, clogs, pattens, etc.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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I can see her now, shod with goloe-shoes against mud or snow, with her manlike walk and independent air, quite too formidable to suggest attack.
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Now, as soon as thou hast put on thy slippers and goloe-shoes, go to thy father, who has been told of thy misbehaviour, and who will reprove thee for it. "
Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883
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