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Meanings of wooden shoes in English

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Usage of wooden shoes in English
1
The pavement resounded with the wooden shoes of the workmen going fieldward.
The Mystery of Orcival
2
She now ran in, holding up a pair of huge wooden shoes.
Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates
3
Everything belonged to the authorities, from the wooden shoes to the sky.
Gratitude
4
Their mother helped them put on their clothes and new wooden shoes.
The Dutch Twins
5
There, on the table, lay a pair of neatly made wooden shoes.
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks
6
She had no stockings, and on her feet she wore wooden shoes.
The Faery Tales of Weir
7
I presume this is an economy, as wooden shoes wear out stockings.
In the Heart of the Vosges and Other Sketches by a "Devious Trav...
8
Corless wore proper shoes, but the home children wore wooden shoes.
The Guardian
9
Strange, outlandish figures, in immense blue baggy trousers, clattered past in wooden shoes.
Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger
10
A small puddle spread on the floor between my wooden shoes.
The Storyteller
11
They hopped out of bed and ran for their wooden shoes.
The Dutch Twins
12
Both sexes wear wooden shoes, which the men often make themselves.
Dutch Life in Town and Country
13
Men, women, and children, go clattering about in wooden shoes with loose heels.
New National Fourth Reader
14
Beside her bed there was only one of her wooden shoes.
Les Misérables
15
Bébée's wooden shoes went pattering down the sloping and uneven stones.
Bébée; Or, Two Little Wooden Shoes
16
Bourzat, on account of the mud, as was his custom, wore wooden shoes.
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
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Wooden shoes through the time
Wooden shoes across language varieties
United Kingdom
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