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    A Wellington boot, often shortened to welly, and also known as a gumboot, rubber boot, or rain boot, is a type of waterproof boot made of rubber. Originally...
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    Hunter Boot Limited is a British footwear manufacturer that is known for its rubber Wellington boots. Originally established in 1856 as the North British...
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    Welly wanging (redirect from Boot throwing)
    welly hoying, welly wanging and boot throwing, is a sport in which competitors are required to throw a Wellington boot as far as possible. The sport appears...
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    Kingdom as a Wellington boot, a large rubber boot, commonly worn as footwear in their own right, but this is not correct. A Wellington boot is named after...
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  • to: Wellington boot, protective boot popularized by the first Duke of Wellington A nickname for the city of Wellington, New Zealand, and: Wellington Phoenix...
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  • The Perishers (section Boot)
    nickname from his trademark wellington boots – he cannot afford proper shoes. He named his dog Boot to go with Wellington. Wellington is quite a solemn intellectual...
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  • Shoe tossing (redirect from Boot flinging)
    Wen Jiabao. Wellie wanging, or boot throwing, is a sport in which competitors are required to throw a Wellington boot as far as possible. The sport appears...
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  • Railway Wellington boot, a type of boot All pages with titles containing Wellington Beef Wellington, a steak dish of English origin Fort Wellington, Australia...
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    Backpacking Footwear Hill walking Mountaineering boots Trail running shoes Wellington boot "New Hill Walkers" (PDF). British Mountaineering Council. 2011. Retrieved...
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    chiton" seems to derive from a resemblance to part of a rubber Wellington boot or "gum rubber" boot. Chitons are molluscs that have eight armored plates (called...
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    counterpart waterproof boots by shaft height; the hip boot extending to the thigh and the Wellington boot to the knee. For the sake of emphasis, therefore...
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    Venetian-style shoe Waders Walk-Over shoes Waraji Water shoe Wedge Wellington boot Wholecut Winklepicker Wörishofer Wrestling shoe Xiuhuaxie Zori Fashion...
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    been worn by various British regiments since the 18th century (see Wellington boot, origins). In the United States in October 1993, the National Rifle...
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    Capital completed the acquisition of the famed rubber Wellington Boot manufacturer Hunter Boot Ltd. In April 2012, Searchlight closed its first fund Searchlight...
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  • the zone wins. Wellie wanging – Competitors are required to hurl a Wellington boot as far as possible within boundary lines, from a standing or running...
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    'row out to sea'. Cant pretended to fish from his 'boat' and caught a wellington boot full of custard. He was cast as a presenter and first appeared on the...
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  • boots were increasingly replaced by fashionable variants of the rubber Wellington boot. Mass popularity was also seen as a barrier to chic women adopting...
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    boots were increasingly replaced by fashionable variants of the rubber Wellington boot. As roads were surfaced and horse-drawn transport gave way to the motor...
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  • suits for military use. The company also moulded lined "Stonehenge" brand wellington boots at a time when such footwear was manufactured by calendering or...
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    the Libertarian Party's judicial committee. Supreme is known for wearing a boot as a hat and carrying a comically large toothbrush, and has said that if...
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  • music "at least was stamped out by a good strong northern [English] Wellington boot". Rubber Soul was the group's first album not to feature their name...
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  • porcelain – Wedgwood family Welin breech block – Axel Welin Wellington boot – Duke of Wellington Wells turbine – Alan Arthur Wells Westinghouse air brake...
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  • Wearable technology Weaving Wedding dress Wedding sari Weft Weighted silk Wellington boot Welsh hat Welt (shoe) Western cosmetics in the 1970s Western wear Wetsuit...
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    magnificent bushwalks in and around Mt Arthur and Mt Wellesley. The Wellington Boot, a country racing festival is held in March and April annually. The...
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    replaced as military gear by the 18th-century Hessian and 19th-century Wellington boot. In Ming and Qing China, foot binding led to the development of lotus...
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  • which was devised by Amelia Bloomer. The Wellington boot was a cavalry boot devised by the Duke of Wellington, originally made from leather, but now normally...
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  • swallowed by a cat, she and Octavia Pole discover a novel new use for a Wellington boot. Episode Two: August 1842 Major Gordon proposes to Jessie Brown, for...
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    shaft, with a "v" notch in front. The Hessian boot would evolve into the rubber work boots known as "Wellington boots". Hessian (soldier) Carman, W.Y. (1977)...
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    shoes, so wearing a decent sock is crucial. Wearing boot socks has become popular with the Wellington Boot and hiking boots, as well as for any other sporting...
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    their countries of origin to establish Faerie communes, such as the Wellington Boot, Common Ground etc. in Australia. There was some antagonism between...
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