What does suede-shoe salesman mean?

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suede-shoe salesman

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

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"Would you say it was fair to describe these salesmen that were in your crews as dynamiters, or suede shoe salesmen?"

suede-shoe salesmen (plural)

suede-shoe operator

suede-shoe operator

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