patent leather
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Patent-leather shoes with buckles, a cheaper version of which we got only at Easter and which had disintegrated by the end of May.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
The Patent-leather Shoe The poet thought: ah, I have enough trash!
From The Verse of Alfred Lichtenstein by Lichtenstein, Alfred
Patent-leather pumps, a white stick with a black cord and tassel, and a quantity of chains about his neck and pockets, served to make him a conspicuous object.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Hubbard, Elbert
Patent-leather suggested the first American attempt to turn India-rubber to account.
From Famous Americans of Recent Times by Parton, James
Patent-leather boots had gone round, and Square-toes had hopped over.
From A Study in Scarlet by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
