half-boots
Example Sentences
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Shoes like short half-boots are worn here made of seal-skin.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland by Carl von Linn?
Old Hector grinned as Donald, in woolen shirt, mackinaw, corduroy trousers, and half-boots came into the little lobby, for in his son he saw a replica of himself thirty years agone.
From Kindred of the Dust by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
Mahommed gave him a pair of red morocco half-boots for a child, on which, near the tops, a name was worked in silk.
From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Lewis Wallace
And now the infantry burst into view, a gloomy, solid column tramp, tramp along the road—jägers, with their stiff fore-and-aft shakos, dull-green tunics, and snuffy, red-striped trousers tucked into dusty half-boots.
From Lorraine A romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The black half-boots, the white doeskin breeches, the brown brass-buttoned frock, and the white hat with the brown cockade.
From Man on the Box by Harold MacGrath
