Gallo

plural Gallos · plural Galloes

1. countableuncountableA Romance language spoken in north-west France, see Gallo language.
2. countableA surname.
3. countableuncountableA brand of low-priced California wine.

   "A few bottles of Gallo muscatel, and you with all them trinkets."

   1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, chapter 2, in A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN, page 43

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   But Vincent was carrying a sack of groceries. He wasn't going to drop a half gallon of Gallo Hearty Burgundy, a bottle of prune juice and a jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce on the sidewalk.

   2002, Elmore Leonard, Glitz, page 1

   On a good day he'd rip through several bottles of Gallo White Port and a fifth of bargain scotch. If he stumbled upon a twenty-dollar bill he would drink Irish whiskey.

   2003, Rob Loughran, High Steaks, page 108

   I ate the result, drank some Gallo white and was ready to shout instructions and encouragement to Buddy Bell and the Tigers [...].

   2004, Andrew Hartwood, Murder in Grosse Pointe: The 49th Grave, page 26

   "I'll get it," she said. "I promised your mother I'd keep an eye on you." Yeah, right, Ronnie thought, you and the Gallo Brothers.

   2006, Tom Perrotta, Little Children, page 284

   The last thing I wanted was to lapse into maudlin snuffling, or get stopped for driving while under the influence of the Gallo boys

   2007, Joan Hess, Damsels in Distress, page 50