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as ever trod shoe leather
- (idiomatic, archaic) Alternative form of as ever trod shoe-leather
1809 February, E Bronson et al., “On the Marriage Manufactory at Gretna Green”, in Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: From the Lorenzo Press of E. Bronson; published by Hopkins and Earle, , →OCLC, page 118:As handsome a gentleman, to be sure, as ever trod shoe leather! I wonder that old folks can be so very, very blind!
1825, [John Neal], chapter XXVI, in Brother Jonathan: Or, The New Englanders: In Three Volumes, volume II, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T Cadell, , →OCLC, page 446:"He is a brave Indian, sir." – "Oh – is that all?" – "As brave a man, as ever trod shoe leather." – "Hum!" – "Yes." – "But Indians – do they tread shoe leather?" – "He's very brave, I mean – very." – "Why not say so, then?" – "I do."