Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deprive of a shoe or shoes, as a horse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive to remove a
shoe (especially ahorseshoe ) from.
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Examples
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In the early 50s, friends of mine and I picked up from somewhere a bit of verbal play which involved categorizing almost everything and everyone as shoe short for buck shoe or unshoe.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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In the early 50s, friends of mine and I picked up from somewhere a bit of verbal play which involved categorizing almost everything and everyone as shoe short for buck shoe or unshoe.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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In the early 50s, friends of mine and I picked up from somewhere a bit of verbal play which involved categorizing almost everything and everyone as shoe short for buck shoe or unshoe.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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In the early 50s, friends of mine and I picked up from somewhere a bit of verbal play which involved categorizing almost everything and everyone as shoe short for buck shoe or unshoe.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The moonwort was formerly associated with many superstitions and was reputed to open all locks at a mere touch, and to unshoe all horses that trod upon it.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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-- "Why don't you see yon jontleman's horse in the field; can't you go and unshoe him?"
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-- "Why don't you see yon _jantleman's_ horse in the field? can't you go and unshoe him?"
Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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