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Galoshins

Galoshins is the plural of Galoshin.

Meaning of Galoshin

Noun

Galoshin (plural Galoshins)

  1. (Scotland) A mummer or guiser who performs in a midwinter Mummers play.
    • In they stalk, got up in grotesque improvisations of mumming costume, and each armed with a wooden sword, and garrying a ghostly lantern hollowed out of a giant turnip, “Hara domes in Galoshin,” as that individual himself informs the company —being doubtless the traditional representative of some...1888, “Hallowmas Eve”, in The Illustrated London News, volume 93, page 498

Questions about Galoshins

What is Galoshins the plural of?
Galoshins is the plural of Galoshin.

Words near Galoshins in the dictionary

  1. galoshe
  2. galoshed
  3. galoshes
  4. Galoshin
  5. galoshing
  6. Galoshins
  7. galoshoes
  8. galoubet
  9. galoubets
  10. galouti
  11. Galoyan

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