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Meanings of wellies in English

Watertight boots made of rubber.

Usage of wellies in English
1
One year I even participated in, and won, the wacky wellies competition.
The Irish Times
2
Every step I took, she'd follow, about an inch from my wellies.
The Guardian
3
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Lily Collins in yellow wellies in Emily in Paris.
The Guardian
4
He swung his wellies back and forth and leaned against the mirror.
Fresh
5
The wellies that Ryan had given her were full of water.
Starstruck
6
Reluctant to pack away your wellies and tent for another year?
The Irish Times
7
She was wearing a short dress and jumper, and pink wellies.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
8
It's surreal to be at an Irish music festival in 2007 without wellies.
The Irish Times
9
So I've got my wellies, but my thing is about keeping them clean.
The Guardian
10
TRAINERS Hunters aside, with sunny weather forecast for Glastonbury, trainers may outdo wellies.
The Guardian
11
Lee was wearing her usual faded khaki shorts, T-shirt, and wellies.
Water, stone, heart
12
Dads and grandads mainly, some in wellies and braced with spades.
The Irish Times
13
It was getting up over my wellies and I was starting to worry.
BBC
14
I'm wearing DMs but they're so muddy they look like wellies.
The Guardian
15
At Glastonbury in 2005, with cut-off denim shorts and Hunter wellies?
The Guardian
16
Irn-Bru and kilts versus lads in GAA county jerseys and wellies.
The Irish Times
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Wellies through the time
Wellies across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Rare