Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as galloon.
  • noun A Spanish-American measure of capacity, equal, in Porto Rico, to 3.785 liters, or one United States gallon.

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Examples

  • Sorry, I just paid $4.00 a galon for gas this afternoon and I am irritated with the whold bush administration/RNC.

    RNC hits Obama over Auschwitz claim, Obama camp responds 2008

  • Diolch o galon i ti am bopeth a phob hwyl i'r dyfodol!

    Ordovicius 2009 2008

  • It will make my day if some one can make a penny priceless per galon.

    Voters increasingly focusing on economy as top issue 2008

  • If Republican had a good idea to keep the economy strong the American people gave them 8 years to get it done when bush took over from Clinton gas price was $1.29/galon now it is $4.1/galon.

    Presidential hopefuls eye the economy 2008

  • Y peth mwyaf di-galon am fod ar Gyngor Gwynedd yw gweld obsesiwn rhai Cynghorwyr gyda "gwarchod" eu wardiau unigol hwy, ar draul pawb a phopeth arall.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Dyfrig 2009

  • Y peth mwyaf di-galon am fod ar Gyngor Gwynedd yw gweld obsesiwn rhai Cynghorwyr gyda "gwarchod" eu wardiau unigol hwy, ar draul pawb a phopeth arall.

    Gwlad a bro Dyfrig 2009

  • Samantala, gas presyo patuloy na regular na ang lahat ng break-time na mga rekord, ngayon at $ 4.00 isang galon sa oras ng aking pag-post na ito.

    ideonexus.com »2,008» Hulyo 2008

  • Yngyntaf, maerhaidimiddweuddiolch o galon am yr anrhydeddannisgwyliadwy yr ydychwedianrheguarnafheddiw.

    Archbishop Awarded Medal from the Honorary Society of Cymmrodorion 2008

  • Ito ay mahusay na gasolina, 57 miles sa galon. kaya kong bayaran ang bike off sa isang ilang buwan, lamang sa oras para sa aking kontrata sa Coast Guard na tumakbo out.

    ideonexus.com »2004» Hunyo 2004

  • His landlady, noticing that he looked pale and thin, suggested that he was suffering from Clefyd y galon, which may be translated as above, or love sickness, a complaint common enough among young people, and she suggested that he should call in David Jenkins, a respectable farmer and a local preacher with the Wesleyans, to cure him.

    Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Elias Owen

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