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English
Noun
trotter case (plural trotter cases)
- (slang, idiomatic, chiefly in the plural) A shoe or boot.
- 1837-39, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
- So he at once expressed his readiness; and, kneeling on the floor, while the Dodger sat upon the table so that he could take his foot in his laps, he applied himself to a process which Mr. Dawkins designated as “japanning his trotter-cases.” The phrase, rendered into plain English, signifieth, cleaning his boots.
References
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary