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adj
Basic, old-fashioned or traditional; specifically (journalism) shoe-leather journalism or shoe-leather reporting: journalism involving walking from place to place observing things and speaking to people, rather than sitting indoors at a desk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable
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noun
Leather that is used to make shoes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Leather from which shoes are made that is worn out through walking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
The sweat of one's brow; effort; investigatory effort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, idiomatic, uncountable
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noun
Tough meat, especially cheap meat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, derogatory, figuratively, slang, uncountable
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History
From shoe + leather.
