stoga boot

noun

A type of sturdy work boot; a brogan.

Meanings

nounstoga boot (plural stoga boots)

plural stoga boots

  1. datedA type of sturdy work boot; a brogan.

    In six days they crimped and made forty-five pairs of Stoga Boots.

    1830 January 9, Mechanics Press, (Utica, NY), page 66

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Origin

Probably ultimately derived from Conestoga, Pennsylvania.

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