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Definition of Gumboot
1. a rubber boot [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gumboot
Literary usage of Gumboot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Zealand Driving Holidays: 29 New Zealand Holiday Itineraries and Touring by Donna Blaber (2005)
"We Visit the gravesite of Billy gumboot the goat [ex-president of Whangamomona!), float
on a raft beneath galaxies of glowworms, ..."
2. A Water-power Reconnaissance in South-central Alaska by Clarence Eugene Ellsworth, Royal William Davenport, John Clayton Hoyt (1915)
"Between gumboot Basin and the the creek falls more than 150 feet. gumboot Basin
is a flat beginning about 1 mile from the bay and extending eastward along ..."
3. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"... Siskiyou Mts, W fork Cottonwood Cr, SW of Hilts, Wheeler 2783 in 1934 (MO,
POM, US, Z); rd. to gumboot Lake, ca. 12 mi. ..."
4. The Rainbow's End: Alaska by Alice Palmer Henderson (1898)
""Side-wheeler," for instance, has a long and a short leg. gumboot Annie, Ben
Butler, Mukluk Lizzie, Cannibal Ike, Billy the Horse, Peter Pig, Outlaw Bill, ..."
5. Adventure Guide to New Zealand by Bette Flagler (2005)
"October gumboot Festival - Taihape. Dates vary. The festival lasts for three
days, at the end of October or beginning of November. ..."
6. Adventure Guide to the Pacific Northwest by Don Young, Marjorie Young (1999)
"... 2.5 miles north of Weed; Picayune and gumboot, both of which start from Lake
Siskiyou; Soda Creek, 2.2 miles south of the Dunsmuir interchange off 1-5; ..."
7. Biggs's Bar, and Other Klondyke Ballads by Howard Vigne Sutherland (1901)
"This 33's a dead sure thing, gumboot me if I lie; There's fifty thousand in that
dump—just take a pan and try." Bill took a pan and found a chunk. ..."
8. Southern Africa: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe by Bernard Joliat (2000)
"The programme of attractions includes a twice-daily performance of African dances
by the gumboot Dancers, clad in the miners' standard issue rubber boots. ..."
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