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Gallon vs Galloon - What's the difference?

gallon | galloon |

As nouns the difference between gallon and galloon

is that gallon is a unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints while galloon is a braided trimming with bullion thread, used on men's coats in the eighteenth century, on women's apparel in the nineteenth, and on such furnishings as draperies or cushions.

gallon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
  • (British, Canadian) exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
  • (US) 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon ")
  • (US) one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon ").
  • (in the plural, informal) A large quantity (of any liquid).
    • The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.

    Anagrams

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    External links

    * (wikipedia "gallon") ---- ==Jèrriais==

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    galloon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A braided trimming with bullion thread, used on men's coats in the eighteenth century, on women's apparel in the nineteenth, and on such furnishings as draperies or cushions.
  • *1918 , Abraham Yarmolinsky, translating (Ivan Bunin), The Gentleman from San Francisco :
  • *:And when the "Atlantis" had finally entered the port and all its many-decked mass leaned against the quay, and the gang-plank began to rattle heavily, — what a crowd of porters, with their assistants, in caps with golden galloons , what a crowd of various boys and husky ragamuffins with pads of colored postal cards attacked the Gentleman from San Francisco, offering their services!
  • *1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 194:
  • *:His hair is tied back with a it of silver galloon , and he is dressed with panache in a blue velvet jacket, white silk hose, buckled pumps.

    • Derived terms

    * gallooned