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Blakey|ˈbleɪkɪ|
Also blakey.
The name of the manufacturer of a kind of metal protector for a boot (esp. a heel- or toe-cap), used absol. and † in the possessive, to designate such a protector. Cf. seg n.3 (Formerly a proprietary name.)
1887Trade Marks Jrnl. 9 Mar. 307 Blakey's boot protectors No. 58,882... John Blakey, trading also as E. Blakey and Sons, Lady Lane, Leeds; Manufacturer of boot protectors, machinist, and leather factor. 1889Ibid. 3 July 617 Blakey... Metal boot protectors. John Blakey.., Leeds. 1969Daily Tel. 15 Feb. 16/1 Their footsteps sounded each alike—no tip-tap of a high-heeled Miss, no rasp of the farmhand's blakeys. 1974P. Cave Mama (new ed.) ix. 71 Tucked into the waistband of his trousers was a wicked-looking knife, and heavy metal blakeys had been driven in to the front of his boots. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 20 June 717/4, I always wore Blakeys (the iron plates fixed to the heels of boots which struck wonderful sparks from the pavements) because they saved cobbler's bills. |