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colloquial. (A name for) the tools of a shoemaker. Obsolete.
a shoemaker's tool for smoothing leather shoe soles.
a shoemaker's tool for finishing the soles of boots.
a shoemaker's file for smoothing the ‘seat’ of a boot.