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gallopin

gallopin noun: an underservant in the kitchen; a scullion, or cook's errand boy.

Noun

gallopin (plural gallopins)

  1. (obsolete) An underservant in the kitchen; a scullion, or cook's errand boy.
    • He was permitted to run about the streets of Paris , and to become a mere Gallopin1793, The Sentimental and Masonic Magazine

Forms of gallopin

pluralgallopins

Origin of gallopin

From French galopin. See gallop (intransitive verb).

Questions about gallopin

What does gallopin mean?
Gallopin means an underservant in the kitchen; a scullion, or cook's errand boy.
What part of speech is gallopin?
Gallopin is a noun.
What is the plural of gallopin?
The plural of gallopin is gallopins.

Words near gallopin in the dictionary

  1. Gallophobes
  2. Gallophobia
  3. Gallophobic
  4. gallophone
  5. gallophones
  6. gallopin
  7. galloping
  8. galloping domino
  9. galloping dominoes
  10. galloping dominos
  11. gallopingly

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