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shoe-tie

shoe-tie noun: a shoelace.

Noun

shoe-tie (plural shoe-ties)

  1. (archaic) A shoelace.
    • […] as, for example, in the present case of throwing herself, metaphorically speaking, at Mr Casaubon's feet, and kissing his unfashionable shoe-ties as if he were a Protestant Pope.1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, I.5

Forms of shoe-tie

pluralshoe-ties

Questions about shoe-tie

What does shoe-tie mean?
Shoe-tie means a shoelace.
What part of speech is shoe-tie?
Shoe-tie is a noun.
What is the plural of shoe-tie?
The plural of shoe-tie is shoe-ties.

Words near shoe-tie in the dictionary

  1. shoe-laces
  2. shoe-leather
  3. shoe-leather journalism
  4. shoe-leather reporting
  5. shoe-leathers
  6. shoe-tie
  7. shoe-ties
  8. shoebag
  9. shoebags
  10. shoebeam
  11. shoebeams

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