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  • noun Shoes made with cordovan leather

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Examples

  • Browns, especially cordovans and dark-browns, go well with a range of suit and trouser-shirt combinations.

    What the well-dressed foot is wearing 2010

  • Carl was also wearing the swimming trunks, with knee-high black socks and black cordovans.

    The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010

  • Brown if properly shined dress shoes or cordovans are fine with slacks and a blazer, if the color combinations are appropriate, of course.

    Brown shoes do make it. Ann Althouse 2008

  • They are well-made, timelessly styled men's shoes: black dress shoes, brown cordovans and casual loafers.

    The Man Who Wore His Heart On His Shoes 2007

  • She was no-frills all the way down to her rubber-soled cordovans.

    Honeymoon Patterson, James 2005

  • I fumbled a bit before finding flannel slacks, cordovans, a turtle-neck, and a mediumweight Harris tweed sportcoat.

    Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

  • I fumbled a bit before finding flannel slacks, cordovans, a turtle-neck, and a mediumweight Harris tweed sportcoat.

    Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

  • I fumbled a bit before finding flannel slacks, cordovans, a turtle-neck, and a mediumweight Harris tweed sportcoat.

    Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

  • Green-uniformed security men walked up and down long corridors on the balls of their spongy cordovans.

    The Season Of The Machete Patterson, James, 1947- 1977

  • Green-uniformed security men walked up and down long corridors on the balls of their spongy cordovans.

    The Season of the Machete Patterson, James, 1947- 1977

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