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golden shoe

golden shoe noun: a prize awarded each season to the player with the most points in league matches from the top division of a national league.

Noun

the golden shoe (countable and uncountable, plural golden shoes)

  1. A prize awarded each season to the player with the most points in league matches from the top division of a national league.
    • [Marc Lloyd] Williams lost out on the Golden Shoe to Sporting's [Mario] Jardel and would have needed an improbable tally of 64 goals to claim the prize.2014 February 5, Gregg Bakowski, “The Golden Shoe: is it time to give the weighting system the boot?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    golden boot

Synonyms of golden shoe

Forms of golden shoe

pluralgolden shoes

Origin of golden shoe

Calque of French soulier d'or.

Questions about golden shoe

What does golden shoe mean?
Golden shoe means a prize awarded each season to the player with the most points in league matches from the top division of a national league.
What part of speech is golden shoe?
Golden shoe is a noun.
What is the plural of golden shoe?
The plural of golden shoe is golden shoes.

Words near golden shoe in the dictionary

  1. golden share
  2. golden shares
  3. Golden Shield
  4. golden shiner
  5. golden shiners
  6. golden shoe
  7. golden shower
  8. golden shower boy
  9. golden shower boys
  10. golden shower queen
  11. golden shower queens

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