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workboot

workboot noun: a sturdy boot intended as workwear.

workboot: a sturdy boot intended as workwear
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Noun

workboot (plural workboots)

  1. A sturdy boot intended as workwear.
    • Hugh said nothing. With a mighty effort he had restrained himself from putting one scuffed yellow workboot right through Henry Beaufort's damned old Rock-Ola as he went by. Then, with his head down, he had passed out into darkness.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things

Forms of workboot

pluralworkboots

Origin of workboot

From work + boot.

Questions about workboot

What does workboot mean?
Workboot means a sturdy boot intended as workwear.
What part of speech is workboot?
Workboot is a noun.
What is the plural of workboot?
The plural of workboot is workboots.

Words near workboot in the dictionary

  1. workboat
  2. workboats
  3. workbook
  4. workbookish
  5. workbooks
  6. workboot
  7. workboots
  8. workbox
  9. workboxes
  10. workcamp
  11. workcamper

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