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- - galliot
  - gallipot
  - gallium
  - gallivant
  - galliwasp
  - Gallo-
  - galloglass
  - gallon
  - galloon
  - gallop
  - gallous
  - galloway
  - gallows
  - gallows humour
  - gallows tree
  - gallstone
  - Gallup poll
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gallous

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gallous

▶adjective variant spelling of gallus.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gallus /ˈgaləs/ (also gallous)

▶adjective chiefly Scottish bold, cheeky, or flashy.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘fit to be hanged’): var. of gallows used attributively.

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