galosh

ga·losh

[guh-losh]
noun
a waterproof overshoe, especially a high one.
Also, ga·loshe, golosh.


Origin:
1325–75; Middle English < Old French galoche, of obscure origin

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galosh

noun
a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow [syn: arctic
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Galosh is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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