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Galoshin

(Scottish) A mummer or guiser who performs in a midwinter Mummers play.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(Scottish) A mummer or guiser who performs in a midwinter Mummers play.

In they stalk, got up in grotesque improvisations of mumming costume, and each armed with a wooden sword, and garrying a ghostly lantern hollowed out of a giant turnip, “Hara domes in Galoshin,” as that individual himself informs the com…
Origin: From the name of a play by Guizard, and the title character of that play. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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