seven-league boots

[ sev-uh n-leeg ]
/ ˈsɛv ənˌlig /

plural noun

fairy-tale boots enabling the wearer to reach seven leagues at a stride.

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Origin of seven-league boots

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)

Words nearby seven-league boots

seven wonders of the world, seven years' war, seven-card stud, seven-eleven, seven-inch, seven-league boots, seven-segment display, seven-seven, seven-spot, seven-up, seven-year itch
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