Meanings
- not comparableHaving hobnails.
The farmer's hobnailed boots were used in mud and snow.
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The clumping of hobnailed boots on the gravel outside proclaimed the approach of Manning. John looked questioningly at Poirot.
1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 63“I don't know if it's my imagination, Kipper,” I said, “but something gives me the impression that at moment of going to press you aren't too sold on Bobbie.” He shrugged a shoulder. “Oh, I wouldn't say that. Apart from wishing I could throttle the young twister with my bare hands and jump on the remains with hobnailed boots, I don't feel much about her one way or the other.”
1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IX
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivemarked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails
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Origin
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