Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who furnishes or puts on shoes; especially, a blacksmith who shoes horses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who fits shoes to the feet; one who furnishes or puts on shoes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who fits
shoes to the feet.
Etymologies
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Examples
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During World War I, Enzo was a blacksmith and mule-shoer for the Italian army.
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Is it just me is or is the rest of the braidal shoer picture been swirled?
How Do You Spell Success? Jen 2009
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Me thinks the braidal shoer cake is for me lassie, Bri!
How Do You Spell Success? Jen 2009
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It makes one wonder if the braid for whom the braidal shoer was thrown was the same lady who had the gril.
How Do You Spell Success? Jen 2009
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In Colorado, rescuers are looking for a snow-shoer who disappeared on a solo outing.
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Professional careers were generally shoer than business ones.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Professional careers were generally shoer than business ones.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Professional careers were generally shoer than business ones.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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“Mountain of the Maker,” the artificer par excellence, that is, the blacksmith: it is so called from a legendary shoer of horses and mules, who lived there possibly in the days before
The Land of Midian 2003
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Professional careers were generally shoer than business ones.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
chained_bear commented on the word shoer
One who shoes horses. Usage on calk.
October 27, 2008
dontcry commented on the word shoer
We call the person who shoes our horse a farrier. I like shoer though. I gets right down to business. Reminds me of the time my daughter was very little and couldn't remember the name for ladder. She called it the "climber."
October 28, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word shoer
Yes, farrier is both more common and more correct. I think the writer was just being laid-back, which he has a (bordering on irritating) tendency to do (at least in this book).
October 28, 2008