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seven-league boots
[sev-uhn-leeg]
plural noun
fairy-tale boots enabling the wearer to reach seven leagues at a stride.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of seven-league boots1
1805–15; translation of French bottes de sept lieues in the fairy tales of C. Perrault, especially Le petit Poucet ( English Hop-o'-my-Thumb )
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