Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An apparatus for stretching the uppers of boots and shoes.
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Examples
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The master pulled me out into the yard by my hair, and whacked me with a boot-stretcher because I accidentally fell asleep while I was rocking their brat in the cradle.
The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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