gallicrow

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English

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Etymology

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From gally (“to frighten”) +‎ crow.

Noun

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gallicrow (plural gallicrows)

  1. (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.

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