- plural of shoe.
shoon
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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A typical stanza: Tell me by what art thou bindest On thy feet those ancient shoon: Tell me, Grinder, if thou grindest Always, always out of tune.
From Time Magazine Archive
There, I felt it with my toes again; see the benefit of wearing sandals, and not shoon.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
"Seven years," replied the old man, "for they be magic shoon, and that is the magic number."
From The Scottish Fairy Book by Grierson, Elizabeth Wilson
It's hosen and shoon and gown alone, She climb'd the wall, and follow'd him, Until she came to the green forest, And there she lost the sight o' him.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
The young birkie had neither hat nor shoon, but he did not spare the stick; round and round they flew like daft.
From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various
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