Wordie: Shoes

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(n): a condition or position in which you find yourself

(n): footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material

(n): covering for a person's feet

(n): (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time

(n): a portable container for carrying several objects

(n): U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof

(n): a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

(n): a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation

(n): a device that retards something's motion

shoe

(v): furnish with shoes

(v): provide with clothes or put clothes on

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8 months ago chained_bear said:

Captured at Yorktown: "16 pair of shoes," and received from the British "Deputy-Quarter-Master" and "adjudged to be forfeited, and consequently seized," 1348 pairs of shoes.

about 1 year ago born2badored said:

do shoes have souls?

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