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Suddenly he made a dive forward, shooting his hands down close to Miss Peddensen's well-booted feet.

From The Submarine Boys and the Spies Dodging the Sharks of the Deep by Durham, Victor G.

Jasper sat on the 175 end of the desk, swinging his slim, well-booted leg; Yarnall, stocky, gray, shabby, weather-beaten, leaned back in his wicker chair.

From The Branding Iron by Burt, Katharine Newlin

I glanced at his feet; they were small and well-booted.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 by Various

Lady, lady neat Of the roguish eye, Wherefore dost thou hie, Stealthy, down the street, On well-booted feet?

From Ban and Arriere Ban by Lang, Andrew

And from what does the spear of Achilles derive its interest? and the helmet and the mail worn by Patroclus, and the celestial armor, and the very brazen greaves of the well-booted Greeks?

From The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III by Lodge, Henry Cabot