gallus
/ˈɡaləs
/(also gallous)
adjective chiefly Scottish
Bold, cheeky, or flashy.This leads the gallus Glaswegian to look up an old flame, an expert in ley lines and mysticism who sets him on a trail of ancient burial routes that leads him deep beneath the ancient foundations of a Glasgow church....
- The gallus radio figure with his seemingly off-the-cuff put downs is in fact an intelligent and pleasantly modest fellow who researches his material meticulously.
- A language has to be more than a few gallus Scotticisms scattered over standard English as a kind of local seasoning.
Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense 'fit to be hanged'): variant of gallows used attributively.
- make a meal of
- make a mess
- make a mess of
- make a mockery of
- make (a) mock of
- make a monkey of (or out of) someone
- make a mountain out of a molehill
- make a move
- make a move on (or put the moves on)
- make a muck of
- make a name for oneself
- make an ass of oneself
- make-and-break
- make an effort
- make an end of
- make an enemy of
- make an example of
- make an exhibition of oneself
- make an honest woman of
- make an issue of
- make a noise
- make an (or one's) entrance
- make a (or no) difference
- make a (or one's) fortune
- make a (or one's) pile