shoe-leather
adjective
shoe-leath·er ˈshü-ˌle-t͟hər 
: involving or using basic, direct, or old-fashioned methods
shoe-leather journalism
Word History
First Known Use
1951, in the meaning defined above
- Nosu
- nosus
- nosy
- nosy parker
- not
- not (even) blink
- not (in) the least
- not (too) shabby
- not a bad thing
- not a bit
- not a bit of it
- not a blind bit
- not a dry eye in the house
- not a lot of
- not a moment too soon
- not a penny less
- not a penny less/more
- not a penny more
- not a pretty sight
- not a problem
- not a sausage
- not a/one bit
- not all there
- not amount to much
- not any good