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one-gallused

one-gallused adjective: wearing only one gallus or suspender strap; hence, rustic and simple.

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
    • Because even if every other one-gallused share-cropper in the county whose sole cash value was the October or November sale of the single bale of cotton which was his tithe of this year’s work, withdrew his balance also, it would not be enough.1957, William Faulkner, chapter 17, in The Town, pages 278-279

Forms of one-gallused

alternative formone-gallus

Questions about one-gallused

What does one-gallused mean?
One-gallused means wearing only one gallus or suspender strap; hence, rustic and simple.
What part of speech is one-gallused?
One-gallused is an adjective.

Words near one-gallused in the dictionary

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

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