First recorded in 1780–90
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Or will their fly half boot it as high in the air as he can?
From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2016
Or will their fly half boot it as high in the air as he can?
From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2016
A kind of half boot, named from the Prussian general Blcher.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
They used no sandals; a light and ornamented shoe was worn in the house; and for walking they had a kind of coarse half boot.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 380, July 11, 1829 by Various
Their legs were covered with a sort of half boot, open behind; and some of them, wore on the thigh a copper ring about two inches broad.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 by Kerr, Robert
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