shoon

[ shoon ]

/ ʃun /

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Definition of shoon

noun Chiefly British Dialect.

a plural of shoe.

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Words nearby shoon

shoogle, shoo-in, shook, shook up, shool, shoon, shoot, shootaround, shootdown, shoot-'em-up, shooter

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How to use shoon in a sentence

Barbour tells pitifully how the fugitives' clothes and shoon were riven and rent before they reached Aberdeen.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Laith will the lassie be to weet her bonny shoon, but lang ere the play'll be ower she'll wat her hat aboon.
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland|Kate Douglas Wiggin
The myth of Hell-shoon (Norse, helsko) appears under various guises in many folklores.
Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth|Frank Sidgwick
It always seemed so easy when one saw an expert do it, like Mercury donning his winged shoon, and sailing over the ice.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 102, June 11, 1892|Various

Birdalone said: Then canst thou tell me the manner of thy giving these fair shoon unto Atra?
The Water of the Wondrous Isles|William Morris

British Dictionary definitions for shoon

shoon

/ (ʃuːn) /

noun

dialect, mainly Scot a plural of shoe

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