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Meanings of gumboots in English

Watertight boots made of rubber.

Usage of gumboots in English
1
Keri Welham pulled on her gumboots to see the programme in action.
Radio NZ
2
I just can't wait to get indoors and kick the gumboots off.
Reuters
3
Worrall said his gumboots were found above the Silikamva High School.
The South African
4
Radio New Zealand's rural reporter Kevin Ikin hangs up his gumboots.
Radio NZ
5
It rains most of the time, and you can't go out without gumboots.
On the Beach
6
I could say gumboots, but it wouldn't have the same charm.
The South African
7
Country Life is on the hunt for New Zealand's oldest gumboots.
Radio NZ
8
The water there's black and filled with gumboots, cans, and sludge.
The Tracey Fragments
9
He wears a suit more often these days but is more comfortable in gumboots.
Radio NZ
10
In May 2017, a vat used to manufacture brine overflowed into the worker's gumboots.
Radio NZ
11
Our rural reporter Alexa Cook put on her gumboots and took a closer look.
Radio NZ
12
Gwen Brailey on Mount Ruapehu with her gumboots in 1952.
Radio NZ
13
In South Africa these are more commonly called gumboots.
The South African
14
Now her standard working attire is jeans and gumboots.
Radio NZ
15
RNZ reporter Sarah Robson put on her gumboots and went out to survey the damage.
Radio NZ
16
You can take your brogues, sneakers, sandals and gumboots.
The Irish Times
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