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Meanings of shoeless in English

Without shoes.

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        Examples for "barefoot"
        1
        Earlier, she said, he had forced her to walk four miles barefoot.
        The Irish Times
        2
        His shoes were in the barefoot style: worn both up and down.
        The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes: His Fortunes and Misfortunes as...
        3
        Rachel Solando didn't slip barefoot out of a locked room without help.
        Shutter Island
        4
        Others were wearing the minimum for decency: many barefoot, many more bare-chested.
        Imajica: Complete Edition
        5
        Have you seen the barefoot running shoes many companies are making now?
        The Guardian
        1
        They were all barefooted; this was another sign of their religious importance.
        The masque of africa: glimpses of african belief
        2
        The whoop of a barefooted, black-faced urchin in the corridor roused him.
        Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate
        3
        He knew that half of them were practically barefooted and in rags.
        The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
        4
        Two barefooted, but very husky negroes came running in from the portico.
        Swept Out to Sea / Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers
        5
        Buck was sitting on the fence by the roadside, barefooted and hatless.
        A Knight of the Cumberland
        Usage of shoeless in English
        1
        The furtive suggestion of those shoeless feet struck her with horror-formless ,unreasoning
        The Coast of Chance
        2
        He walked over and put his gun against the shoeless man's nose.
        Rogues
        3
        I'll describe your hangdog look and shoeless state for her too.
        The Name of the Wind
        4
        Unfortunately for the 27 year-old, she was shoeless at the time.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Leaves crunched under his feet, which were large and shoeless, tough with calluses.
        James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
        6
        They all laughed and looked about to find the shoeless foot.
        A Garland for Girls
        7
        And smilingly Ludovicka extended toward the Prince her shoeless little foot.
        The Youth of the Great Elector
        8
        Had not the governor helped them, they would have remained shoeless.
        A Voyage round the World / A book for boys
        9
        The shoeless mules slaloming through the dry grass and pine needles.
        Blood Meridian
        10
        Hast thou spoilt the good deer-skin and art yet but shoeless?
        The Water of the Wondrous Isles
        11
        Ragged, shoeless, hungry, foot-sore, heart-sore, poor, broken pilgrims from the shrine of Mammon.
        It Is Never Too Late to Mend
        12
        Did the poor fellow imagine he was confronting a shoeless burglar, George wondered.
        Paths of glory
        13
        Shorty had steered clear of Marrowbone ever since Ledford's shoeless visit to his house.
        The marrowbone marble company
        14
        Each was clad in a narrow-skirted calico dress, and each was stockingless and shoeless.
        Captured by the Navajos
        15
        He was hatless, shoeless, and without his hose, so his long calves were bare.
        Caleb's crossing
        16
        Moreover; the English troops were, as we have seen, mere shoeless, shivering, starving vagabonds.
        History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
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