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He is plundered and robbed, and perhaps some of his family or friends killed, he pursues his plunderers and succeeds in killing one of them, but he finds himself faint and sorefooted from the want of shoes, and is therefore unable to continue the pursuit.
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Water was plentiful and grass fairly good, but those flinty hills must be avoided or sorefooted beeves would be the result.
The Outlet Andy Adams 1897
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They seemed too small for such exertion: their little hands were purple with chilblains, and they were so sorefooted they could scarcely limp.
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Charles Kingsley 1847
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