Gallo
English
Proper noun
Gallo
- A Romance language spoken in north-west France, see Gallo language.
- A brand of low-priced California wine
- 1987, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, page 49
- "A few bottles of Gallo muscatel, and you with all them trinkets."
- 2002, Elmore Leonard, Glitz, page 1
- But Vincent was carrying a sack of groceries. He wasn't going to drop a half gallon of Gallo Hearty Burgundy, a bottle of prune juice and a jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce on the sidewalk.
- 2003, Rob Loughran, High Steaks, page 108
- On a good day he'd rip through several bottles of Gallo White Port and a fifth of bargain scotch. If he stumbled upon a twenty-dollar bill he would drink Irish whiskey.
- 2004, Andrew Hartwood, Murder in Grosse Pointe: The 49th Grave, page 26
- I ate the result, drank some Gallo white and was ready to shout instructions and encouragement to Buddy Bell and the Tigers [...].
- 2006, Tom Perrotta, Little Children, page 284:
- "I'll get it," she said. "I promised your mother I'd keep an eye on you." Yeah, right, Ronnie thought, you and the Gallo Brothers.
- 2007, Joan Hess, Damsels in Distress, page 50:
- The last thing I wanted was to lapse into maudlin snuffling, or get stopped for driving while under the influence of the Gallo boys
- 1987, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, page 49
Related terms
Translations
Romance language spoken in northwest France
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) Gallō
- dative masculine singular of Gallus
- dative neuter singular of Gallus
- ablative masculine singular of Gallus
- ablative neuter singular of Gallus
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gallo m
- a surname
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gallo
- a surname from Spanish
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gallo is the 842th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 11,085 individuals.
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