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gallicrow

gallicrow noun: a scarecrow.

Noun

gallicrow (plural gallicrows)

  1. (West-Country, Dorset) A scarecrow.
    • "And what ghastly gallicrow might the poor fellow have been like, Master Fairway?" asked the turf-cutter.1878, Thomas Hardy, “The Custom of the Country”, in The Return of the Native
    Synonyms:
    gallybagger

Synonyms of gallicrow

Forms of gallicrow

pluralgallicrows
alternative formgally-crow
alternative formgallycrow

Origin of gallicrow

From gally (“to frighten”) + crow.

Questions about gallicrow

What does gallicrow mean?
Gallicrow means a scarecrow.
What part of speech is gallicrow?
Gallicrow is a noun.
What is the plural of gallicrow?
The plural of gallicrow is gallicrows.

Words near gallicrow in the dictionary

  1. gallicizes
  2. gallicizing
  3. Gallick
  4. Gallicness
  5. gallicolous
  6. gallicrow
  7. gallicrows
  8. gallid
  9. gallidermin
  10. gallied
  11. Gallien

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