Monday 29th August 2016
Galluses /ˈɡæləsɪz/
plural noun
1. (dialect) braces for trousers
Quote
Without the galluses my pants would soon fall down anyway.
Robert Morgan, The Hinterlands: A Mountain Tale in Three Parts 1994
Origin
Galluses is a variant of gallows meaning "suspenders; braces." It entered
English in the early 1800’s.
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