patent leather
Example Sentences
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He once kicked a movie star out of his shop because the star brought back a pair of patent leather shoes that he claimed were defective.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
One of her earliest childhood memories is fixating on a pair of pair of shiny patent leather shoes, when she was about five years old, and getting her father to buy them for her.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2024
In contrast, the menswear collection featured sharp tailoring and shorts, complimented by patent leather shoes in black, green and brown with prominent silver buckles and belts.
From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2023
The new vibe was less elegance and more nightclub — house music, zebra prints and red patent leather — that you might be admitted to if you were cool enough.
From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2023
He wore a pair of fine, polished patent leather dress shoes, silk dress socks, creased trousers, and had a pocket-watch chain dangling from the pocket.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
