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Meanings of wellingtons in English

Watertight boots made of rubber.

Usage of wellingtons in English
1
Hey, anyone know any good songs about wellingtons and mud?
The Irish Times
2
Tobacco smoke, grunts, gruff ramblings, murmurs, occasional raised volume, wellingtons, raincoats, overcoats and windbreakers.
Rhyme and Reason; a Compilation of Verses, Rhymes and Senses
3
Joel tried to save the situation by explaining that one of his wellingtons had vanished.
Shadows in the twilight
4
Hunter wellingtons -a trend that debuted at Glastonbury.
The Guardian
5
They were relatively smart, as wellingtons go, yet I couldn't quite bring myself to make the purchase.
The Irish Times
6
Fish tails slapped pitifully at her wellingtons.
The Naked God
7
I brought her tiny yellow wellingtons that her baby can one day wear to splash in puddles.
The Irish Times
8
He couldn't find one of his wellingtons.
Shadows in the twilight
9
A PAIR of muddy wellingtons, crate of fizzy orange, a plastic cola bottle filled with milky liquid.
The Irish Times
10
Certainly more glamorous than the local people in their wellingtons and thick jumpers, standing in a semicircle around her.
The Irish Times
11
A little girl of three or four totters by in a washed-out red dress, candystripe tights and turquoise wellingtons.
The Irish Times
12
They further were able to show that fresh bloody footprints at the scene matched both of Mr Mitchell's wellingtons.
Silks
13
The floor was bare cement, and on fair days or nights when snow covered the galvanised roof, everyone wore wellingtons.
The Irish Times
14
There wasn't anything they could do about the water coursing across the track, so they gave themselves sturdy knee-high wellingtons.
The Naked God
15
But are they just a status symbol, redolent of country houses, green wellingtons and well-thumbed copies of Horse and Hound?
The Irish Times
16
The French are wearing wellingtons, of course, and joke happily among themselves as they bale out seven huge buckets of water.
The Irish Times
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