gallused

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adjective

Having galluses (braces/suspenders); held up by galluses.

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Meanings

adjectivegallused (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving galluses (braces/suspenders); held up by galluses.

    But Ham, carrying two jugs hung across his shoulders by a greasy leather strap and wearing pants “gallused” up to his crotch, never loses his good humor.

    1987, Hardin E. Taliaferro, The Humor of H.E. Taliaferro, page 52
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    The usual must of the school commons was thickened with the sweat of unclothing. Over the benches lay shirts and gallused trousers, and the chatter and chaff was like many drums and many fifes and many boys and mayhem.

    2001, Jamie O’Neill, chapter 4, in At Swim, Two Boys

Origin

From gallus + -ed.

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Cite this entry
APA

gallused. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gallused

MLA

“gallused.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gallused. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gallused,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gallused.

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