suede shoen.
/ˌsweɪd ˈʃuː/, U.S. /ˌsweɪd ˈʃu/ A shoe with a suede upper.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > made from specific material > skin or hide > other
hemmingc1050
wax shoe1664
suede shoe1882
1882 Grantham Jrnl. 5 Aug. The bridesmaids wore cream-coloured Surah silk dresses..with suede shoes and gloves to match.
1956 C. L. Perkins Blue Suede Shoes (sheet music) 2 Well, it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go, cat, go! But don't you step on my blue suede shoes. You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.
1995 M. Amis Information (1996) 434 A single sandy suede shoe.
2007 Philadelphia May 97/1 She is impossibly petite, clad in a pale blue top, slim-fitting gray cigarette pants, and low-heeled brown suede shoes.
Compounds
C1. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). As a modifier: designating a person regarded as affected or superficially smart or respectable; see suede-shoed adj. at Derivatives.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [adjective] > having or given specious appearance
paintedc1390
daubedc1400
cloakeda1500
fucate1531
fucated1535
coloured1537
flim-flam1577
tinsel1595
varnisheda1616
punkish1616
white-limeda1631
pargeted1645
tinselled1651
vizarded1663
lacquered1687
glossy1698
catchpenny1705
catch-shilling1808
tinselly1811
whitewashed1859
shoddy1882
veneered1884
hollowed-out1890
face-lifted1941
suede shoe1952
cosmetic1955
1952 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 27 Feb. 8/1 Unsuspecting Oakland area home owners are being bilked of thousands of dollars daily by a horde of ‘suede shoe boys’—high pressure salesmen of home modernization schemes hailing mostly from Los Angeles... ‘We call them suede shoe boys,’ said John F. Pendergast, district FHA supervisor, ‘because they all wear suede shoes, flashy clothes and drive expensive cars.’
1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 1 b/6 There are also a lot more ‘pseudo-high rollers’ in Phoenix, too, which is Mano's polite description of a phony. ‘Suede shoe types,’ he calls them.
1980 D. Marlowe Rich Boy from Chicago iv. 52 He edited the college magazine (pre-Beat poetry, suede-shoe satire).
1995 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 9 Apr. f12/1 He comes across as a suede-shoe high-pressure salesman.
C2. As a modifier: resembling the appearance or rough texture of suede. rare.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough > resembling shagreen or suede
shagreened1721
suede-like1895
suede shoe1963
1963 R. Longrigg Paper Boats vi. 70 No flicker of concern crossing his suede-shoe face.
1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 29 Chronic bronco was reserved for nicotined oldsters with suede-shoe lungs.
Derivatives
ˌsuede-ˈshoed adj. designating a person who wears suede shoes (sometimes connoting either affectedness, or pretended smartness or respectability; cf. Compounds 1).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing footwear > wearing shoes > wearing shoes made from specific material
row-footeda1398
rough-foota1425
rough-footed?a1501
wooden-footed1670
moccasined1829
saboted1862
row-foot1896
suede-shoed1936
suede-footed1938
1936 Macleay Chron. (Kempsey, New S. Wales) 12 Feb. 4/6 A young girl..wanders by on the arm of a grey-flannelled, suede-shoed youth.
1938 New Statesman 21 May 863/2 The abusive semi-illiterate or the sleek, shinily tailored, down-at-heel, suède-shoed play-boy, who hawks inferior goods on their doorstep.
2013 Independent 3 Aug. (Mag.) 39/1 Suede-shoed radio producers lunching publishers on modest budgets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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