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one-gallus

one-gallus is the alternative form of one-gallused.

Meaning of one-gallused

Adjective

one-gallused (not comparable)

  1. (US, dated, regional) Wearing only one gallus or suspender strap; hence, rustic and simple.
    • There they are a simple, orderly, plain, well-disciplined people: here in Mississippi they are somewhat wild, woolly, one-gallused and impatient.1896, Insurance Herald, volume 13, number 13

Questions about one-gallus

What is one-gallus the alternative form of?
One-gallus is the alternative form of one-gallused.

Words near one-gallus in the dictionary

  1. one-footed
  2. one-for-one
  3. one-form
  4. one-forms
  5. one-fourth
  6. one-gallus
  7. one-gallused
  8. one-half
  9. one-half crosswise
  10. one-half lengthwise
  11. one-handed

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