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Guests don gum boots to shift sheep, pick wild watercress for dinner cooked by a private chef, and hike to a secluded waterfall for yoga sessions.
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Petrina Darrah, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2023
The Marashea dressed in gum boots, balaclavas, and traditional woollen blankets, worn clasped beneath the chin.
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Kimon De Greef, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
Baguma, a grave but cordial man wearing a yellow T-shirt and green gum boots, produced a police report and showed us the postmortem photos, printed in shadowy but lurid magenta.
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David Quammen, National Geographic, 8 Nov. 2019
The cost includes meals, wine and beer, accommodations, gum boots, and guiding.
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Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1850, in the meaning defined above
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“Gum boot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gum%20boot. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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