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gallused

gallused adjective: having galluses (braces/suspenders); held up by galluses.

Adjective

gallused (not comparable)

  1. Having galluses (braces/suspenders); held up by galluses.
    • But Ham, carrying two jugs hung across his shoulders by a greasy leather strap and wearing pants “gallused” up to his crotch, never loses his good humor.1987, Hardin E. Taliaferro, The Humor of H.E. Taliaferro, page 52
    • The usual must of the school commons was thickened with the sweat of unclothing. Over the benches lay shirts and gallused trousers, and the chatter and chaff was like many drums and many fifes and many boys and mayhem.2001, Jamie O’Neill, chapter 4, in At Swim, Two Boys

Origin of gallused

From gallus + -ed.

Words formed from gallused

Questions about gallused

What does gallused mean?
Gallused means having galluses (braces/suspenders); held up by galluses.
What part of speech is gallused?
Gallused is an adjective.

Words near gallused in the dictionary

  1. Gallups
  2. galluptious
  3. Gallura
  4. Gallurese
  5. gallus
  6. gallused
  7. galluses
  8. Galluzzo
  9. Galluzzos
  10. gallwasp
  11. gallwasps

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