chaussure
Americannoun
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chaussures
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This was fully evidenced by his threadbare coat and chafed chaussure, as he trudged afoot along the dusty road of the Romagna.
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Mayne Reid
I identified them at a glance; and saw, moreover, that the feet of both the fugitives were encased in the same cheap chaussure.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
The shoes are brought by a priest to the foot of the patriarchal throne, when a canon removes the profane, out-of-door chaussure, and places the sacred shoes on the patriarch's feet.
From Venetian Life by William Dean Howells
Even shoes and stockings are wanting; but the most costly chaussure could not add to the elegance of those pretty mignon feet.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
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 Sir Francis Galton
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 Charlotte Brontë
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
In the country, of course, it was quite "the right thing" to tramp about in all weathers, and proper chaussures must be provided for the purpose.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 by Frances Eleanor Trollope
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