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gallycrow

gallycrow 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 gallycrow

pluralgallycrows

Questions about gallycrow

What is gallycrow the alternative spelling of?
Gallycrow is the alternative spelling of gallicrow.

Words near gallycrow in the dictionary

  1. gally-crows
  2. gallybagger
  3. gallybaggers
  4. gallybeggar
  5. gallybeggars
  6. gallycrow
  7. gallycrows
  8. gallygaskins
  9. gallying
  10. gallynipper
  11. gallynippers

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