| 单词 | shoe leather |
| 例句 | It was about a shoemaker who used the last of his shoe leather to outfit a trio of fairies. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Dutchy and I are standing together talking quietly when a man approaches with skin as tanned and scuffed as old shoe leather, trailed by a sour-looking woman. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The rest, with faces contorted from the strain of trying to listen, saw distant men gesturing wildly into the sound-killing miasma of whispers, coughs and creaking shoe leather. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It smelled of stale air and shoe leather and my grandfather’s slightly sour cologne. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Medium rare. Keeps it juicy and tender. If you cook it all the way through, you might as well eat shoe leather.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It would permanently curl one soldier’s heart like a piece of hard shoe leather. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no human signs, not a shred of clothing or shoe leather. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z "Nobody went down there and really did the shoe leather work and the phone calls that we're all supposed to do," he says. 50 years on, finding profit in `truth' on JFK case 2013-05-11T16:07:15Z The voice, scuffed with age, has been compared to sandpaper, a burlap bag, miles of hard road, shoe leather and never to a summer’s eve. Philip Baker Hall is your favorite actor whose name you can’t quite place 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z For a brief time, Martin wears out his shoe leather and eyesight the old-fashioned way, by running down information and poring through files, while Claudia sits squirreled away in a different office. Movie Review: ‘Closed Circuit’ Features 2 Lawyers and a Terrorism Case 2013-08-27T21:36:54Z Moe attacks the high-tech mystery with old-fashioned shoe leather while contending with both his guilt and his confusing feelings about the Hollow Girl’s mother. ‘Hollow Girl’ fitting conclusion to Prager series 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z For anyone who wonders where he gets the precise details on which his books’ suspense depends, the answer isn’t shoe leather. Plot Twist! John Grisham’s New Thriller Is Positively Lawyerless 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The bread is clammy white, the beef a film-thin strip of shoe leather. Will Russia thwart Karl Bushby’s epic hike around the globe? Not that Brown hasn’t scuffed her own shoe leather. Tina Brown Catches Up With Royal Intrigue in ‘The Palace Papers’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Through hard work and lots of shoe leather he has been slowing gaining a national following. Bumbershoot daily highlights 2013-08-29T20:39:56Z In the end, everybody falls in line to worship The Grinch and be rewarded with jobs and roast beast, presumably cooked to the texture of shoe leather as the good lord intended. It’s not just “Rudolph”: Holiday TV specials are mostly creepy, weird or depressing as hell 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Through hard work and lots of shoe leather, he has been slowly gaining a national following. Day 2 of Bumbershoot sees more sunshine and ‘fun.’ 2013-09-02T02:18:27Z She backs these up with documentary research and shoe leather reporting. The poor: America?s piggy bank 2012-05-17T14:31:00Z Trading was common — oysters, shoe leather, ducks, turkeys. Explorer: Rye Whiskey Is Back, With Flavors of American History 2011-12-23T17:57:07Z My oldest son is now on the investigations team at the Herald, doing what I used to do, and in the old ways, shoe leather and paper research. 'My humour has always come from anger' 2011-03-06T00:02:01Z And SoHo demands a little shoe leather to see Manhattan’s still-experimental alternative spaces. What?s Blooming Indoors 2011-04-21T22:57:20Z After all, Eden Valley is such a small town that investing a bit of shoe leather into doing the job right doesn’t take much energy. In “Fargo,” the fight for truth and justice is a woman’s game 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z I knew exactly what he meant—what they call the shoe leather in a film script, where it shows somebody walking or just the logistics of how the story works. Dan Clowes’s “Wilson” 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Dublin’s easy to get around, but staying near the city center will save shoe leather: Look for rentals in ZIP codes D1 and D2. 36 Hours in Dublin 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Berger adds that social media "essentially supplements the old shoe leather method of recruiting, which still happens and is very effective." Islamic State's soft weapon of choice: social media 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z There’s a lot of story, but mostly the filmmakers rack up the miles and Jackie wears through shoe leather moving from here to there. Review: Robert De Niro as ‘The Comedian,’ a Has-Been Seeking a Comeback 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z "I find you can't spend too much time on 'shoe leather,'" he says. 'Exodus,' 'Unbroken,' 'Wild' take the road-trip movie on new paths 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z People sometimes shorthand the act of dogged discovery as “shoe leather” journalism — pounding pavements rather than sitting at the desk Googling. Seymour M. Hersh — the Journalist as Lone Wolf 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z After weeks of calls, emails and shoe leather, the supercomputer is becoming a legend too. What happened to the supercomputer under the zoo? 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Like many activists worldwide, Ms. Timchenko and her colleagues at Meduza are growing ever more adept at combining new technology and old-fashioned shoe leather to report on their country without censorship. A Russian Editor Evades Putin’s Censorship 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z NJ Baker is done with “stupid women who start out with intelligence, then turn into blithering idiots over men who aren’t worth their shoe leather.” Perspective | What readers hate most in books — from dreams to italics 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z But the research wasn’t all libraries and journalistic shoe leather. With a little help from his friends, Paul McCartney gets a big post-Beatles biography 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z A victim forced to take the law into my own hands, using shoe leather and good, old-fashioned know-how to solve the attempted murder of my personal finances. My wallet was stolen at a bar. Then my identity theft nightmare began 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z That data was the starting point for some good old-fashioned shoe leather reporting by The Associated Press, which traced down the companies responsible using public records. Go read this investigation into major methane leaks in Texas and New Mexico 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z That Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein are deservedly lionized and still wearing out shoe leather and breaking scoops 50 years later only reminds us of Watergate’s watershed status. The gonzo journalist who forever changed political campaign coverage 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Eventually, rationing covered a wide range of goods, from butter to shoe leather. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z All you can hear in this supposed final report is the hissing of smooth shoe leather over plush executive-suite carpet. Perspective | The NFL’s investigation was just like Daniel Snyder’s workplace culture: Rotten 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z There was also "disillusionment with Labour" and, finally, "the shoe leather thing", as she put it. Analysis: Is the Green Party on the rise - and if so, why? 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z Now, the top-down, high-tech strategy for contact tracing is making way for what seasoned local public health officials describe as old-fashioned "shoe leather epidemiology". Contact tracers in England cut by 6,000 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z The new hero of journalism was no longer a grizzled investigator burning shoe leather, à la All the President’s Men, but a pasty-looking kid in front of a MacBook Air. 'A chain of stupidity': the Skripal case and the decline of Russia's spy agencies 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Dave could always get people to talk, which he combined with preparation and hard work—what’s known in the trade as “shoe leather.” The sandbagging scandal that shook golf - Golf Digest 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z In Taiwan, the government uses location tracking on mobile phones and adds some old-fashioned police shoe leather; officers visit people at home if they leave or turn off their phones. Why Asia’s New Wave of Virus Cases Should Worry the World 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z After six months of analysis, experts released a 200-page report detailing how the fragments were forged - likely made from old shoe leather. US Dead Sea Scrolls collection found to be fakes 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z According to The Sun, the fragments were likely created using ancient shoe leather, citing Art Fraud Insights, which analyzed the fragments. Rare Dead Sea Scrolls collection at Museum of Bible is fake, experts conclude 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z They are worthless forgeries, probably made from old shoe leather. 'Dead Sea Scrolls fragments' at Museum of the Bible are all fakes, study says 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z All were written off by the national media as also-rans but came roaring out of early-state victories that they built by wearing down their shoe leather in Iowa or New Hampshire. As the next debate nears, trailing candidates soldier on in obscurity 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z The tannery used two PFASs by the ton to waterproof shoe leather. Citizen sleuths exposed pollution from a century-old Michigan factory, with nationwide implications 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Computer terminals have proven more effective in discovering secrets than shoe leather. Investigative journalism is far from dead; it's thriving | Roy Greenslade 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z You’d better get a little bit of shoe leather here, be a little bit of a detective on what’s available to you. In the moment with Baltimore’s casting director supreme 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Their burial at the site helped to preserve the shoe leather, he said. Bootmaker uses detective skills at to unearth shoes’ stories 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z O’Rourke wore through a lot of shoe leather in the process. Beto 2020? How O'Rourke became a Texan sensation who could shape the future of the Democrats 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z That’s a lot of shoe leather in a state larger than France. Beto O'Rourke registers voter after reading about him in the Guardian 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z But Mrs. Tatum warned that outlets like Viceland seeking serious consideration must apply shoe leather reporting to make their stories stand out. Tom Arnold’s ‘The Hunt for the Trump Tapes’ threatens Vice’s brand of ‘hard-hitting’ journalism 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z So tracking this is difficult, and it is about shoe leather epidemiology—asking who might have been in contact with cases in a very stressful time. Everything You Need to Know about the Ebola Vaccine 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The Grand Rapids Press reports that the EPA says new testing will begin this month at the former manufacturing site where Wolverine World Wide used chemicals to waterproof shoe leather. EPA requests new contamination testing at Michigan tannery 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z But there was still plenty of shoe leather work involved. Become a parking savant with Sidewalk Labs’ new curb visualization tool 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z They built the business together, but Lyons did the shoe leather part. Perspective | The latest mystery in publishing? That pulp is not dead. 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z "The classic example is 'All the President's Men,' the dogged determination of those reporters uncovering Watergate, shoe leather reporting, getting to the bottom of the story." Journalists in the movies present the dogged fight for truth — as in 'The Post' — as well as the scoundrels – LA Times 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z There must be massive organization, shoe leather, knocking on every door, and a lot of talk. In Race Against Roy Moore, Democratic Candidate Is Mostly on His Own 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z “It’s shoe leather than wins elections,” he says. In this election, hope — more than money — drives King County executive, council challengers 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Those who survived did so by eating grass and insects, frogs and toads, shoe leather and leaves. Perspective | Why does Putin want to control Ukraine? Ask Stalin. 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Its boss, Sam Parton, uses a combination of OS maps and shoe leather to build the database. How maps are powering the tech revolution 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Instead, her style is done the old-fashioned way - with shoe leather and an inquiring mind as she walks from point to point in Protection each day gathering news. Kansas columnist, 102, keeps tradition in writing 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z “There’s been a reconnection with the fundamentals of journalism — the brass tacks and the shoe leather,” she said. Huffington Post invited the student journos who busted their principal to the White House correspondents’ dinner 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z "A shoe leather project," is how Prof Rivoli describes her journey, which resulted in a book, The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy. Has this dress been to more countries than you? - BBC News 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z The 2016 presidential election took a heavy toll on the vast army of journalists assigned to cover it, grinding down shoe leather, fingertips and nerve-endings in equal measure. Trump v the media: did his tactics mortally wound the fourth estate? 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Applying old-fashioned investigative tactics, such as basic forensics and dogged shoe leather, was rarely seen in overdose cases. Police and federal agents race against the clock to link drug dealers to heroin overdose deaths 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z He was a demanding boss, advocating an on-the-ground approach, or “shoe leather” investigations and the importance of surveillance. Donald Ainslie Henderson (1928-2016) : Nature : Nature Research 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z “No resource was denied in that case, whether electronic, technological or shoe leather,” Mr. Miller said. A Family Seeks Answers in the Other Manhattan Explosion 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Barbecued tri-tip is hard to get right: It takes close to an hour of tending on medium heat, and if you cook it too long, you end up with shoe leather. A Golfer's Guide to the Best Halfway-House Grub in America - Golf Digest 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z There was no mention of cycling in the stories of the 1955 strike, but plenty of people employed shoe leather. In 1955, a strike shut down D.C. public transportation. Here’s how people coped. 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z DeCubellis tries something unusual by letting Simon’s home videos serve as both flashbacks and Porter’s investigatory “shoe leather.” 'Manhattan Night' is a classy, if confusing, neo-noir 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z In addition to lots of shoe leather, Knapp relies on a few tools suited to the digital age. Maryland botanist makes a rare find on the banks of the Potomac 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z With some shoe leather reporting, they could have picked up on the Trump groundswell. Jeb and the Media Have Been Sunk by Trump 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Stranger Two told his friend that he wasn’t smelling the new high-tops themselves, exactly, but the industrial glue that’s used to hold all that plastic and shoe leather together. Robert Glasper is the glue holding it all together 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z “We did a lot of shoe leather reporting in and around Jersey City and talked to a lot of residents and officials for the broader story,” Kovaleski said on CNN. Donald Trump says he did not mock New York Times reporter's disability 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z It’s a bittersweet story for fans of print journalism, but it is, at the very least, a stirring portrait of the shoe leather reporting at its best. Now playing. Holiday movie preview: Socially conscious films flood the marketplace 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z "That can only be done through New Hampshire shoe leather and hard and disciplined follow-up," Killion said. As Jeb Bush turns toward New Hampshire, many family backers feeling left out, have 'moved on' 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Transportation officials are urging the thousands of people expected to travel from or through New Jersey to leave their cars at home and use trains, ferries, good old-fashioned shoe leather, or a combination of them. Trains, ferries added to help New Jersey pope riders 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z In an interview Thursday, he described his early approach to his "very, very likely" campaign as "just wearing down the shoe leather." Chafee not yet fundraising for 'very likely' White House bid 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z That's an awful lot of shoe leather to be worn before 7 May. Election 2015: How to talk to a politician on your doorstep 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Yet he’s spent a lot of shoe leather and millions of dollars trying to avoid another embarrassing election day showing. Emanuel trying to avoid second embarrassment in Chicago race 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Your intrepid Forbes contributor remained undaunted, expending shoe leather to bring you a few shining examples of disruptive innovation. Hot Or Not: Disruptive Innovations At CES 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Except for an initial eight-year stint as a shoe leather shop, the building has been occupied by barbers. Did Elvis schlep here for a haircut? 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Having a local partner is key, Amico said, because even in the age of Google and online dockets, gathering information about cases requires a lot of shoe leather. The death of Homicide Watch D.C.: Bloggers take their last case 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Soon they were working the telephones, wearing out shoe leather and putting two and two together. Ben Bradlee, Editor Who Directed Watergate Coverage, Dies at 93 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Order up biscuits to dunk into that broth or smear with Rosebud’s honey butter, an addictive blend of salt and sugar that seems like it would make shoe leather taste good. 10 Most Creative Jeans-Appropriate Restaurants in Boston (Part II) 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The exercise can be surprisingly low-tech — "shoe leather epidemiology," practitioners sometimes call it —involving a lot of door knocking, talking and careful listening. Disease detectives on the hunt to confine Ebola virus 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z He’s stuck in the mid-40s, a dangerous place to be for any incumbent, even if he’s burning through more shoe leather than his opponent. The Senate 7: Republicans Positioned for Slim Senate Majority 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z You could slice up their kids and use them as shoe leather until 1963. No wonder Cameron wants to celebrate the Magna Carta - back then plebs had the same human rights as a parsnip 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Brown noted that Brat did outreach the old-fashioned way, with shoe leather and phone calls. Eric Cantor Lost Touch With His Constituents Before Primary Loss 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z The system also saves on shoe leather, since most of the work is done from an office. High-tech shipping containers: Boxing clever 2014-02-27T16:07:00Z Whereas before, a reporter’s main tools were sources and shoe leather, now algorithms are on the job too. Why Nate Silver Matters 2013-07-22T16:10:00Z Be prepared to spend time and shoe leather visiting tech transfer offices, walking labs and talking to researchers. Finding Innovation in the Rough 2013-01-22T14:02:30Z “We don’t do that shoe leather,” says Mr Small. Online shopping: The rise of no-name designers 2012-10-25T15:00:59Z But with shoe leather, calibrated attacks and likability — an intangible that goes far in North Dakota — Ms. Heitkamp has made this a real fight. Democratic Heidi Heitkamp Is Strong in G.O.P. North Dakota 2012-10-01T03:36:17Z Clinton described the administration’s efforts over Iran as “the hard shoe leather of diplomacy.” Hillary Clinton’s Last Tour as a Rock-Star Diplomat 2012-06-27T09:00:09Z But, whether obtained through inheritance or shoe leather, her company has been selling that information ever since. There's no point resisting corporate websites. It's time to sell yourself 2012-06-16T23:03:21Z You knew the Master down to his shoe leather. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Why, he must be the most d--d impudent, cunning thief that ever trod shoe leather. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z We had to go down into a pit, where there was heated slag on all sides, using boards to save scorching our shoe leather. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z New Era Of Promise And Chaos It’s funny, because there are other stories about genomics that involved a lot more shoe leather on my part. Matthew Herper: What I Wrote In 2011 2011-12-30T17:08:01Z Unfortunately most of these skins, which are all imported, are made into shoe leather. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z To be clear, Ms. Hill is not being pursued on the grounds that she paid bribes to the police or used anything more technologically advanced than shoe leather to obtain her story. The Media Equation: Reporter on British Phone Hacking Is Entangled in Story 2011-11-28T00:49:50Z He would wait until the dog had eaten the piece of shoe leather, and then he would write that the dog was completely cured, and the owner might come and take it away. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z Not with shoe leather costing what it does since the war,” retorted Mr. Vernon. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z A smaller-scale action from one week ago gained momentum with the aid of social media, some old-fashioned shoe leather and dorm-room word-of-mouth, organizers said. College students echo Occupy Wall Street with protests 2011-10-14T04:10:56Z It can't cost your ladyship much in shoe leather, I guess? Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:09.667Z After years of trial and error, Hyatt ran an experiment that yielded a whitish material that had "the consistency of shoe leather" but the capacity to do much more than sole a pair of shoes. A Brief History of Plastic's Conquest of the World 2011-05-29T14:15:02.467Z If we were not going away ourselves I should miss him amazingly, for a better fellow never trod in shoe leather. Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) 2011-05-29T02:00:06.640Z When I didn't hurl myself down that hill, I slid down, and between the two methods I wrecked both muscle and shoe leather. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z No, she thought it would be as hard as shoe leather. Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z Good luck and shoe leather led the FBI to Aldawsari, the Saudi student. How the G-Man Got His Groove Back 2011-04-28T08:35:00Z "It's basically shoe leather police work combined with technology, as the technology advanced we were able to review and review again," Whitmore said. Prosecutors charge Rockefeller imposter with 1985 murder 2011-03-16T02:21:00Z Well, I seen the Missus sneak from the kitchen to her room to don the shoe leather, so I got right down to business. Gullible's Travels, Etc. 2011-02-06T03:00:55.707Z He promised that the Daily would combine the best of contemporary technology with "shoe leather reporting, good editing and a sceptical eye". News Corp debuts daily iPad paper 2011-02-02T22:49:34Z "At the end of the day, these races are still about shoe leather, door-knocking and pancake breakfasts," Storey says. As Redistricting Looms, Democrats Fight for Statehouses 2010-10-22T09:15:00Z The stop-the-stadium campaign will run on e-mail, shoe leather and indignation about rich owners and athletes. 2010-01-29T06:46:00Z I haven’t been so happy since I first trod shoe leather. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch You have cost me the death of a dog that is worth all your filthy whig kindred; and you have made away with two of the best men that ever stept in shoe leather. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Why, I squeeze a nickle till it hollers, and I wear out three dollars of shoe leather chasing up the street to find an eating joint where they will fill me up for a quarter. Living Up to Billy Having occasion to economize shoe leather for the walk back over the cliff, I at first hesitated about going to it, but he insisted. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. It will not take a good polish after tanning, and it is not desirable for shoe leather. Practical Angora Goat Raising The vilest wretch that ever trod shoe leather! Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch "The takingest chap that ever stood in shoe leather," cried young Harris with a rush. Where the Pavement Ends You take a school gal, suh, an' she kin fool de smartest man what ever trod shoe leather. International Short Stories American For half an hour I've been pounding shoe leather here waiting for him. Dave Dawson at Casablanca A better woman never trod shoe leather, and so you’ll find. Dorothy at Oak Knowe "Well," he said, "you've flashed your lamps on the finest man that ever stood in shoe leather." The Story of General Pershing You'll save ever so much in shoe leather," she said, "and any amount of time and trouble. Better than Play Do you suppose that I’m going to settle for the bare cost of shoe leather and ammunition?” Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years Little Mugs Bowman was crying for food, and his father was trying to comfort him, by giving him his shoe leather to chew. In the Heart of a Fool He's the bravest lad that ever stepped in shoe leather. Marcy The Blockade Runner His bare chest and shoulders were tanned and healthy and the soles of his bare feet as tough as shoe leather. Mr. Wicker's Window No, I walk on simple shoe leather and eat mere victuals.—Just the same, it wasn't square of you to clear out that way—vanish into air without a word or a sign. The Faith Healer A Play in Three Acts "Do you suppose that I'd be wearing out shoe leather looking for a job, if I had two thousand dollars?" The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life "Then why in the sacred name of shoe leather were you going to eat it?" asked Paragot. The Belovéd Vagabond I boiled goat meat two days straight once, and it was still like shoe leather.” The Young Alaskans in the Rockies There was a scrape of shoe leather on the pavement outside. It Could Be Anything The wonderful duck-like mandibles into which the head is prolonged are sadly misrepresented in the stuffed specimens which we generally see, and are black, flat, stiff, and shrivelled, as if cut from shoe leather. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. But a short time afterwards he lost his voice, through insufficient clothing, as he thinks, and bad shoe leather. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 He wears out pants instead of shoe leather. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 I've got one of the finest little women that ever stood in shoe leather. Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block “Huh, Frank says he used to hunt for that 53confounded old cave when he was a boy till he wore out enough shoe leather to have one dug.” Chicken Little Jane Here at Almy he had two companies of sturdy foot, capable of covering ground almost as fast as the cavalry, but wearing out shoe leather much faster. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War This girl is as good a little woman as ever put foot in shoe leather, but she had no grit in her, and that's the whole secret. Edward Barry South Sea Pearler A cactus thorn that had penetrated his shoe leather did not improve Bowers’s temper. The Fighting Shepherdess Why, he has even flung ridicule on my arrest of that desperate man, the most dangerous fellow that ever trod shoe leather. Old Ebenezer If ye doubt me word, there’s Masther Chicory there, as brave a boy as ever stepped in—I mane out of shoe leather, and spread his little black toes about in the sand. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers The pelts which were on hand needed curing and besides there were also four yak pelts which had to be tanned, as shoe leather was badly needed. The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island Before this she had had and done what she chose, as was fitting for a daughter of a substantial citizen who had made a fortune in shoe leather. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble But there's a much better sort of leather than that for Bible binding; I mean shoe leather. Quiet Talks on Following the Christ If he 'd been any wuss he 'd of died to save grub an' shoe leather. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories "No use talkin'," Sandy broke out suddenly that night as they were smoking their pipes in the bunkhouse, "that Wilson is the finest feller that ever wore shoe leather." Bert Wilson in the Rockies True, he was saving carfare, but he observed dryly that he was expending many dollars' worth of energy—to say nothing of shoe leather. Burned Bridges Certainly, he must have been a very queer monster to look at; and, my stars, what a waste of shoe leather! Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People The people want the Bible bound in shoe leather. Quiet Talks on Following the Christ There is an alternative, Mrs. Portheris, but I didn't like to mention it——" "I know," she replied, "shoe leather. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') If we expect God to furnish the flannel and the shoe leather, we are not. In the Days of Poor Richard He had not come six thousand miles to loaf in a hotel lobby and wear out shoe leather on concrete walks. Burned Bridges There was a queer fellow in the company, called Ned Davis, an honest-hearted fellow he was, as ever walked in shoe leather. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 9, 1841 He would find one bill of sixteen dollars, with an indorsement that one dollar is paid, after thirteen dollars worth of shoe leather had been worn out. Peck's Compendium of Fun Clothed in rent and soiled episcopal habits, he gave communion with round pieces of shoe leather for hosts, saying, 'This is my body.' Là-bas But he cannot do so, because more than comfort, more than clothes and shoe leather, more than wife or fireside, he must preserve the critic's self-respect. Shandygaff As for the shooting, it's nothing but waste of time and shoe leather. Marcella He's down on his luck anyhow, therefore it would be a waste of good shoe leather for him to be up and puttering around. Laugh and Live "Yes; as brave a fellow and as honest as ever stepped in shoe leather." Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted If any mercantile-minded friend ever inquired what anything had cost, he would be answered with a rueful smile, 'Much shoe leather.' In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays Fairchilds, as brave a man as ever trod in shoe leather, replied: "General, I do not remember exactly, but as near as I can judge it was about twenty minutes." Reminiscences of a Pioneer She replied that she had already done so, and that it was a pity he had wasted his shoe leather in walking back so far to remind her. Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" Without friends, money, recommendation, or knowledge of business of any kind, let him find honest employment in London, which will keep him in shoe leather, and I'll give him a thousand pounds. Nicholas Nickleby He is now saved, and happy, and cobbles away at the shoe leather of his mates. In Darkest England and the Way Out For the last four years he had been employed in the best shoe store at home, and he knew shoe leather from the factory to the ash barrel. Buttered Side Down: Stories "His heart's a piece of old shoe leather," Rachel declared, dropping the fish. The Voyage Out He made millions in a period of general starvation, and cleared at least a hundred thousand dollars by embezzling the shoe leather during a retreat. Vivian Grey I thought too I durst have stood up to the boldest man that ever stood on shoe leather! The Adventures of Hugh Trevor She wears yaller boots, as substantial as any shoe leather among the company. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger "From the look of the stuff I should think it would be quite as tough as shoe leather and as tasteless." In the Heart of the Rockies He supervised mother Coupeau's cooking, wanting his steaks cooked like shoe leather and with garlic on everything. L'Assommoir There was a slight taint of steaming shoe leather, left by Chauncey when driven forth. The Desert and the Sown Say, I sold myself to her as the world's greatest, all around, low down, hideous liar that ever walked in shoe leather. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago "Tummas says it means to show the under side of your shoe leather." A Beautiful Possibility You save shoe leather, too,' she added laughingly. A Prisoner in Fairyland Then he roughed the old man affectionately and went forth into California Street, where he wore out much shoe leather before he located what he considered a bargain and reported back to the president emeritus. Cappy Ricks Retires ‘Ah! these women,’ he said, turning to the steaming dish of mutton and vegetables which is almost universal in the South, ‘these women, what shoe leather they cost us!’ In Kedar's Tents "After all, I think a boat on the Congo would have been better to use than shoe leather," said Sam, who was beginning to grow tired. The Rover Boys in the Jungle Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa Yes, they will too, that kind of shoe leather is elastic. A Beautiful Possibility His grey eyes took in the other's form from head to shoe leather. The Blind Spot But when I go to the State House I propose to wear out shoe leather instead of pants cloth. When Egypt Went Broke The house was found after two months' diligent search, and at the expense of a good deal of precious shoe leather. Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper Someone starving is usually eating, but eating poorly and inadequately, eating scraps of whatever is available such as sugar, white flour, rancid grease, shoe leather, or even dirt. How and When to Be Your Own Doctor "Why that must be what Penelope Riggs meant by her 'elastic shoe leather,'" said Evadne with a laugh, and then she repeated the conversation. A Beautiful Possibility "I have been in these colonies more nor thirty years, and I'm good enough company for any fine lady's-maid as ever walked on shoe leather." Mr. Hogarth's Will There's scarcely anything left outside a crowd of low offenders who are not worth the shoe leather expended in pursuing them. Monsieur Lecoq "You won't wear out much shoe leather," said he, "in walking to a certain banker's, for your lodgings are close to his house." Caught in the Net As I used to tell ’im, if that was so, then for all we ’ad got out of it we might just as well have stopped up a tree—saved rent and shoe leather. The Angel and the Author, and others Tom and the engineer spent the evening repairing the motor-boat, Mr. Damon looking on and exclaiming "Bless my shoe leather" or some other part of his dress or anatomy at every stage of the work. Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa Well," said Willy Cameron, "I'm on the job about eleven hours a day, and I wear out more shoe leather than trouser seats at that. A Poor Wise Man Emmeline took after her father; she was big and dark and homely, and she was the most domineering creature that ever stepped on shoe leather. Chronicles of Avonlea If a girl had no eyes in her head, and couldn't see that Willy Cameron was the finest gentleman who ever stepped in shoe leather, that girl had something wrong about her. A Poor Wise Man |
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