buskins

Example Sentences

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Buskins is this hand shaping for those feet, And does this mind plan threats with coaxings sweet?

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Buskins, secured by thongs of red leather and soled with moose-hide, to prevent slipping, covered his feet, while his head-dress consisted of a simple band of thin gold, worn fillet-wise.

From The Doomsman by Sutphen, Van Tassel

Others wearing Buskins, vppon the white swelling calfes of their legges, and laced with silke; some butned wyth golde and precious stone.

From Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame by Dallington, Robert

Buskins, fringed with gold, fitted closely to his legs, and the soles of his shoes were of gold.

From Hernando Cortez Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Buskins for a fairy prince, Brogues for his son— Pay me well, pay me well, When the job is done!”

From The Irish Fairy Book by Various