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gally-crow

gally-crow is the alternative spelling of gallicrow.

Meaning of gallicrow

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

Forms of gally-crow

pluralgally-crows

Questions about gally-crow

What is gally-crow the alternative spelling of?
Gally-crow is the alternative spelling of gallicrow.

Words near gally-crow in the dictionary

  1. Galluzzos
  2. gallwasp
  3. gallwasps
  4. Gallwey
  5. gally
  6. gally-crow
  7. gally-crows
  8. gallybagger
  9. gallybaggers
  10. gallybeggar
  11. gallybeggars

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