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Definition of Shoon

1. n. pl. of Shoe.

Definition of Shoon

1. Noun. (archaic or dialectal) (plural of shoe) ¹

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Definition of Shoon

1. shoe [n] - See also: shoe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoon

Literary usage of Shoon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"His hose they are blae, and his shoon like the slae. .S1. There's a youth t Ye Ve cost me twenty pair o' shoon Just gaun to see you ; . ..."

2. The Golden Treasury of Irish Songs and Lyrics by Charles Welsh (1907)
"JAMES LYMAN MOLLOY (1837 ) THE CLANG OF THE WOODEN shoon OH ! the clang of the wooden shoon, Oh ! the dance and the merry tune, Happy sound of a by-gone day ..."

3. The Eugene Field Book: Verses, Stories, and Letters for School Reading by Mary Elizabeth Burt, Eugene Field (1900)
"Shuffle-shoon quoth: "Yes, I know; Thus I builded long ago! Here a gate and there a wall, Here a window, there a door; Here a steeple wondrous tall Riseth ..."

4. Pine Needles: Or Sonnets and Songs by Héloïse Durant (1884)
"Put off thine shoon, O careless Christian dog! ... Put off these shoon, then kneel, adore O! shame, that we do less for God than men. ..."

5. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1822)
"Red earth from clouted shoon. Thus may I buy Sume ancient hind will scratch, to scare the owl, Scant praise from tardy lips; and when I die A death's head ..."

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