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2. Wellington boot - Wikipedia

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   A Wellington boot, often shortened to welly, [1] and also known as a gumboot, rubber boot, or rain boot, [2] [3] is a type of waterproof boot made of rubber. Originally a type of leather boot adapted from Hessian boots , a style of military riding boot, Wellington boots were worn and popularised by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington .

3. Peal and Company Limited - Wikipedia

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   Brooks Brothers uses the marque today for boots and shoes manufactured in England, typically Northampton, and sold in their stores. Peal & Co Spectator Special Edition for Great Gatsby (2013) Peal & Co traces its founding back to 1565, according to documents from the London Metropolitan Archives, but the company name does not appear until 1791 ...

4. Boots (poem) - Wikipedia

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   "Boots" is a poem by English author and poet Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). It was first published in 1903, in his collection The Five Nations. [1]"Boots" imagines the repetitive thoughts of a British Army infantryman marching in South Africa during the Second Boer War.

5. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United ...

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   Wellington boots, waterproof rubber boots named after the Duke of Wellington. welly (informal) effort (e.g.: "Give it some welly" to mean "put a bit of effort into an attempt to do something" US: elbow grease (also UK), oomph); also the singular of "wellies", for Wellington boots (US: gumboots, rubber boots) What ho! (interj.) Hello!

6. Galoshes - Wikipedia

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   As such, they are also known as overshoes or bad-weather shoes and, now that they are universally made from rubber or rubber-like plastic, may be called rubbers, rubber boots, or gumshoe. Especially in the United Kingdom, galoshes are separate footwear overshoes not to be confused with the form of large rubber boots which are known as ...

7. Tricker's - Wikipedia

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   A pair of Tricker's Stow country boots. R.E. Tricker Ltd, which trades as Tricker's, is a British footwear company established in 1829 by Joseph Tricker in Northampton. [1] Tricker's produces men's and women's shoes and boots, as well as leather accessories such as belts and wallets. [1]