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high button shoe

high button shoe noun: an ankle boot fastened by a row of buttons (in fashion from the late 19th to mid-20th century).

Noun

high button shoe (plural high button shoes)

  1. (historical) An ankle boot fastened by a row of buttons (in fashion from the late 19th to mid-20th century).
    • A bed slat leaning against the wall, and in one corner a woman’s high button shoe, curled up at the toe and broken over the instep.1939, John Steinbeck, chapter 6, in The Grapes of Wrath, New York: Viking, published 1958, page 56
    • She protested she could not read for a part which obliged her to appear in no more than a bra, a corset, and high-button shoes.1971, Mordecai Richler, St. Urbain’s Horseman, New York: Knopf, Part 4, Chapter 19, p. 429

Forms of high button shoe

pluralhigh button shoes

Questions about high button shoe

What does high button shoe mean?
High button shoe means an ankle boot fastened by a row of buttons (in fashion from the late 19th to mid-20th century).
What part of speech is high button shoe?
High button shoe is a noun.
What is the plural of high button shoe?
The plural of high button shoe is high button shoes.

Words near high button shoe in the dictionary

  1. high blood pressure
  2. high board
  3. high boards
  4. High Bridge
  5. High Brooms
  6. high button shoe
  7. high button shoes
  8. high C
  9. high camp
  10. high card
  11. high cards

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