high button shoe

noun

Definitions

  1. An ankle boot fastened by a row of buttons (in fashion from the late 19th to mid-20th…

    An ankle boot fastened by a row of buttons (in fashion from the late 19th to mid-20th century).

    • A bed slat leaning against the wall, and in one corner a woman’s high button shoe, curled up at the toe and broken over the instep.
    • She protested she could not read for a part which obliged her to appear in no more than a bra, a corset, and high-button shoes.

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