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shoon

noun, old plural of shoe

«shoon» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Early Modern English

Meaning

Shoes, footwear for the feet. tree →

Then and now

No longer used; today we say shoes. The sentences use the same sense.

Examples

At seven years' end she got her iron shoon, clomb the glassy hill, and chanced to come to the old washerwife's habitation. (More English Fairy Tales) tree →
At seven years’ end she got her iron shoon, clamb the glassy hill, and chanced to come to the auld washerwife’s habitation. (The Blue Fairy Book) tree →

Note

Today: shoes.

On Mova

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