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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: galoche, from Latin gallica solea 'shoe from Gaul', ancient country in Western Europe

galoshes

 noun
     
Related topics: Clothes
ga‧losh‧es [plural]
old-fashionedDCC rubber shoes worn over ordinary shoes when it rains or snows
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