Phrase guide

as ever trod shoe-leather

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /əz ɛvə ˈtɹɒd ˈʃuːˌlɛðə/
  • General-American: /æz ɛvɚ ˈtɹɑd ˈʃuːˌlɛðɚ/
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phrase

Meaning 1

As ever existed or lived.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Treading shoe-leather refers to walking, in the sense of “walking on this earth”.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: mitä Maa on päällään kantanut — as ever existed or lived
  • Hungarian: akit valaha a hátán hordott a föld — as ever existed or lived
  • Polish: jaki kiedykolwiek chodził po ziemi — as ever existed or lived
  • Serbo-Croatian: koga je ikad majka rodila — as ever existed or lived
  • Zazaki: zey veri cildo — as ever existed or lived