top-bootedadj.
/ˈtɒpˌbuːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈtɑpˌbudəd/ Wearing top boots.
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1826 T. L. Beddoes Let. Oct. in Poems (1851) I. p. lix Top-booted Toby.
1829 G. Griffin Collegians I. viii. 169 A stout top-booted elderly gentleman.
1876 Temple Bar Apr. 545 In the season it was busy with passengers in horse-boxes—and their owners scarlet-coated and top-booted.
1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 12/3 The jolly old coachmen and the top-booted hostlers who were so wonderfully gifted at repartee.
1944 G. Heyer Friday's Child (1960) xix. 233 Lord Wrotham..was standing by the fireplace in the library, one top-booted foot resting on the fender.
2007 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Sept. 33 The top-booted Russians.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).
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ˈtop-ˈbooted
ˈtop-ˈbooted adj. wearing top-boots.
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1829 G. Griffin Collegians I. viii. 169 A stout top~booted elderly gentleman.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ii. 34/2 Topbooted Graziers from the North; Swiss Brokers, Italian Drovers, also topbooted, from the South.
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