Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pair of shoes

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables: pair of shoes
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A case or situation that is different from another.

Dated

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pair, shoes.

Example Sentences

"“Shall colonists have their horses (and blood ’uns, if you please, good Lord!) and not my London gentleman? No, no. We’ll show ’em another pair of shoes than that, Pip; won’t us?”"
"“He’s all there, if that’ll ease their mind. But where he is—that’s another pair of shoes.”"
"Eckhardt was a very different pair of shoes from Gaál."

Etymology

Perhaps from French chose (“thing, matter”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: chose

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

pairs of shoes (plural)

Synonyms

kettle of fish ball game

Questions

What does pair of shoes mean?: A case or situation that is different from another.
Where does pair of shoes come from?: It is traced to French.

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