shoon
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Old dialect word for shoes
- noun
- /ʃuːn/
- Archaic
:
zapatos
- Now she puts her foot to the pavement, gathers her skirts, her fine shoon run to tatters.
Examples
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By his cockle hat and staff and his sandal shoon Young men will do it, if they come to it.
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♪ When his sandal shoon ♪ A-hand his...
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He chose a pair of old leather shoon for the winter festivities.
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The children were excited to receive new shoon for their school play.
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Her grandmother's collection of antique shoon was displayed in the hallway.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shoon is an old or regional plural of shoe, so it simply means 'shoes' in an older way of speaking. You often find shoon in old songs and stories, which is why it sounds poetic or old-fashioned today.