gallicrow
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Noun edit
gallicrow (plural gallicrows)
- (West Country, Dorset) A scarecrow.
- 1878, Thomas Hardy, “The Custom of the Country”, in The Return of the Native:
- "And what ghastly gallicrow might the poor fellow have been like, Master Fairway?" asked the turf-cutter.
Synonyms edit
- gallybagger; See also Thesaurus:scarecrow