Bootheel
an area of SE Missouri where the Missouri-Arkansas border dips southward forming a rectangular-shaped extension of the state.
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a cemetery of a frontier settlement, especially one in which gunfighters were buried.
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one of a pair of L -shaped metal hooks fixed to a handle, for drawing on a boot by inserting it through a bootstrap.
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a yokelike device for catching the heel of a boot, as a riding boot, to aid in removing it. a notch or molding for the same purpose, cut into a piece of furniture. Historical Examples Remarks Bill Nye Anecdotes of Dogs Edward Jesse Etiquette Emily Post Skippy Bedelle Owen Johnson The Deemster Hall Caine The […]
- Bootlace
a long, strong lace used to fasten a boot. British. a shoelace. Historical Examples A Dog with a Bad Name Talbot Baines Reed Rich Relatives Compton Mackenzie A Dog with a Bad Name Talbot Baines Reed Aliens William McFee The Riddle of the Mysterious Light Mary E. Hanshew The Ball and The Cross G.K. Chesterton […]
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a brownish-black, ribbonlike nemertean, Lineus longissimus. noun a nemertean worm, Linens longissimus, that inhabits shingly shores and attains lengths of over 6 m (20 ft)