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seven-league boots

seven-league boots noun: a pair of boots enabling the wearer to cross seven leagues at one stride.

seven-league boots: a pair of boots enabling the wearer to cross seven leagues at one stride
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Noun

seven-league boots pl (normally plural, singular seven-league boot)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) A pair of boots enabling the wearer to cross seven leagues at one stride.
    • The Count strode away as if he had secured seven-league boots, and in less time than it seemed possible, though it was an age to Lady Anne […], he returned with two bank of England notes in his hand, which he put into the bailiff's, saying,—"There's your money for yourself and all. You have proper...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XL, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 211

Forms of seven-league boots

singularseven-league boot

Questions about seven-league boots

What does seven-league boots mean?
Seven-league boots means a pair of boots enabling the wearer to cross seven leagues at one stride.
What part of speech is seven-league boots?
Seven-league boots is a noun.

Words near seven-league boots in the dictionary

  1. seven-layer dip
  2. seven-layer dips
  3. seven-layer salad
  4. seven-layer salads
  5. seven-league boot
  6. seven-league boots
  7. seven-level
  8. seven-level screwdriver
  9. seven-level screwdrivers
  10. seven-levels
  11. seven-night

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