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straw shoes

straw shoes is the plural of straw shoe.

Meaning of straw shoe

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

Questions about straw shoes

What is straw shoes the plural of?
Straw shoes is the plural of straw shoe.

Words near straw shoes in the dictionary

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

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