galosh
4 synonyms for galosh, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A shoe or boot put on over ordinary footwear to keep it dry in wet weather.
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golosh
gumshoe
Etymology
Comes from Middle English galoche, from Old French galoche (‘a shoe with a wooden sole’), though its earlier history is uncertain. Further theories put it: from Vulgar Latin *galopium or Late Latin calopedia (‘a wooden shoe; a shoe with a wooden sole’), from Ancient Greek κᾱλοπόδιον (kālopódion), a diminutive of κᾱλόπο...
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