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  • noun plural A kind of long boots for men.

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  • noun Plural form of wellington.

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Examples

  • For those not lucky enough to be on the Vanilla waiting list, White offered t-shirts, hats and Speedvagen wellingtons.

    2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show: Vanilla and Speedvagen a show favorite 2011

  • Personally, I find this means a dress that you hate so much you don't mind ruining it, thick tights, socks, wellingtons (ideally of the non-leaking variety), as many sweatshirts as you can cram into your bag and – as the night gets on – on your person, a large parka with a hood.

    Off to Glastonbury? Check out my tips for Michelin Man chic 2010

  • Discovered that from the chair I was able to open the box with a walking stick and then trip the switch … was wearing a bath towel but no wellingtons.

    fraud 2008

  • Round my way, a festival look is at least three sweatshirts, a bad pair of jeans, lame wellingtons from the high street that leak because you were too cheap to go Hunter, hair that hasn't been washed for three days, eyes that haven't been shut for four, and a palpable air of despair of ever seeing your home and, more importantly, your bed and indoor plumbing again.

    Off to Glastonbury? Check out my tips for Michelin Man chic 2010

  • March 12th, 2009 1: 53pm jose garcia re your question to the laird - have you ever seen pigs fly -- oh maybe in mv, s garden where the landing strip is next to the wellingtons that belong to his sheep

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • In his autobiography he mentions the school though not me! and he tells the story of playing football in his wellingtons which I remember well.

    Irish School in Trabolgan and Sleeping with a Tenor Dr. Eugene F.M. O'Loughlin 2008

  • Think instead organic food stalls, Cath Kidston tents, eco-toddlers, girls in floaty dresses and wellingtons, and pristine loos.

    Am I the only person who hated Glastonbury? 2007

  • Remember the little boy in the Yorkshire Dales in 7 Up, trudging off to school in his wellingtons like an extra from Whistle Down the Wind?

    The TV camera always lies 2005

  • Remember the little boy in the Yorkshire Dales in 7 Up, trudging off to school in his wellingtons like an extra from Whistle Down the Wind?

    Archive 2005-09-01 2005

  • Think instead organic food stalls, Cath Kidston tents, eco-toddlers, girls in floaty dresses and wellingtons, and pristine loos.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2007

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