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  • In keeping with the solemnity of the occasion, she winds up in an outfit that says Pool-Side Dominatrix: strapless bathing suit and seven-league boots.

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  • Nearly two years later their seven-league boots splashed ashore in the Marianas, 2,000 miles northwest and more than half the distance from “Guadal” to Japan.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • Nearly two years later their seven-league boots splashed ashore in the Marianas, 2,000 miles northwest and more than half the distance from “Guadal” to Japan.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • Convinced no prince will come for her because she's neither the fairest nor the richest in the land, Mabelrose orchestrates her own escape, taking with her some of the dragon's favorite items: a bottomless handbag, a magic rope, a camouflaging cloak, a magic ring, and some seven-league boots (or maybe 1/2-league; they don't actually seem to carry her anywhere).

    Book Review: The Courageous Princess 2007

  • Convinced no prince will come for her because she's neither the fairest nor the richest in the land, Mabelrose orchestrates her own escape, taking with her some of the dragon's favorite items: a bottomless handbag, a magic rope, a camouflaging cloak, a magic ring, and some seven-league boots (or maybe 1/2-league; they don't actually seem to carry her anywhere).

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  • If you had your seven-league boots on, you could step from Longboat to Lido, from Lido to Siesta, from Siesta to Casey.

    Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008

  • He wears a handsome doublet, broad breeches, and high-topped seven-league boots.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • He wears a handsome doublet, broad breeches, and high-topped seven-league boots.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • He sighed again as he invoked the minor spell that would in effect give him seven-league boots and take him in three steps to Rhoslyn's castle.

    Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • I'd have worn my seven-league boots and everything.

    Bottled Spider Gardner, John 2002

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