chaussure
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The slightest approach to slatternliness in costume, when all should be exquisitely trim from chevelure to chaussure, would be an abomination, and assuredly beget a most unpleasant impression on the susceptible feelings of the husband.
From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by Routledge, George
Nevertheless, neither Bombastes nor Dalgetty could have clung more obstinately to this favorite chaussure than did I to mine.
From Border and Bastille by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
Drawing them from their feet, they made off with the boots to their tents, leaving their own weather-worn chaussure in exchange.
From Roumania Past and Present by Samuelson, James
They are an untidy chaussure, but never seem to require to be tied afresh.
From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Galton, Francis, Sir
Neither the naked ankles, nor the slight but costly chaussure, gave me any surprise, however inappropriate either might be deemed to a walk through the thorny chapparal.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne
Another annoying misappropriation is the noun "fashion" which, in French, becomes an adjective, as in "J'adore tes chaussures - tres fashion."
From BBC ● May 24, 2013
Luns explained that his scarlet chaussures were actually a pair of knitted slippers.
From Time Magazine Archive
"She is eighteen, or at least seventeen—old enough to know all about gowns, petticoats, and chaussures."
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
There is Mademoiselle Joliejambe;—would one suppose that the pink slippers, which terminate those silk-shod mollets, could be dangerous chaussures?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 by Various
We have nothing to say against the prevailing fashion of ladies' chaussures worn—even down to the clog and pattern, every thing is elegant, every thing is proportionably useful.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various
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