Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

high button shoe

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: high- but-ton shoe
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

high button shoes (plural)

Questions

What does high button shoe mean?: An ankle boot fastened by a row of buttons (in fashion from the late 19th to mid-20th century).

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