gallicrow

noun

gallicrow

noun

Etymology From gally (“to frighten”) + crow.

1

West Country A scarecrow.

"And what ghastly gallicrow might the poor fellow have been like, Master Fairway?" asked the turf-cutter.1878, Thomas Hardy, “The Custom of the Country”, in The Return of the Native:

Synonyms: gallybagger

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