单词 | work shoe |
释义 | > as lemmaswork shoe (a) With the sense ‘designating clothing designed or suitable for wear at work, esp. in being either smart or (more often) practical and hard-wearing’, as work boot, work shirt, work shoe, etc. ΚΠ 1806 Aberdeen Jrnl. 21 May (advt.) Strong Linens and Harns for Work-Shirts. 1859 Rep. Trans. Pennsylvania State Agric. Soc. 5 527 Caroline Chambers, best pair work shoes. 1902 Southern Workman Mar. 153 Dressed in their work-trousers and hard at work! 1927 Amer. Speech 2 366/2 The man had on his work pants this morning. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 22 May 16/1 At first wearing a suit, then gradually assuming work boots and old clothes. 1997 N. Ricci Where she has Gone xxi. 188 She was dressed in a loose summer dress, legs bare but her feet in heavy-soled work shoes that looked bumpkinish against her bare legs. 2010 H. Simonson Major Pettigrew's Last Stand xxiv. 333 He wore stout boots and jeans with a short work coat and a large reflective vest. < as lemmas |
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