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straw shoe

straw shoe noun: a professional false witness hired by an unscrupulous attorney. Such a man would frequent the vicinity of a courthouse and show his intention and availability by a straw sticking from one of his shoes.

Noun

straw shoe (plural straw shoes)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A professional false witness hired by an unscrupulous attorney. Such a man would frequent the vicinity of a courthouse and show his intention and availability by a straw sticking from one of his shoes.
    Synonyms:
    straw-bail, man of straw

Synonyms of straw shoe

Forms of straw shoe

pluralstraw shoes
alternative formstraw-shoe

Origin of straw shoe

US, mid 1700s.

Questions about straw shoe

What does straw shoe mean?
Straw shoe means a professional false witness hired by an unscrupulous attorney. Such a man would frequent the vicinity of a courthouse and show his intention and availability by a straw sticking from one of his shoes.
What part of speech is straw shoe?
Straw shoe is a noun.
What is the plural of straw shoe?
The plural of straw shoe is straw shoes.

Words near straw shoe in the dictionary

  1. straw polls
  2. straw purchase
  3. straw purchaser
  4. straw purchasers
  5. straw purchases
  6. straw shoe
  7. straw shoes
  8. straw stem
  9. straw stems
  10. straw that stirs the drink
  11. straw tick

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