shoey
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A shoe.
noun
The drinking of an alcoholic beverage out of a shoe, especially as a celebratory act.
Australian usage; Slang
adj
Related to, resembling, or featuring shoes.
Example Sentences
- "Don’t send me posies / When it’s shoeies that I need, […]"
- "“Mother — Mother will you tie up my shoeies?” Susan’s lisping voice interrupted their conversation. / “Put a footsie up here,” Babs sang out. “’At’s a girl.”"
- "“[…] The whole world is fouled up. Roosevelt fouled the whole world up.” / “You think so, too?” marveled Teddy. “I thought only the shoeies were in that kind of shape.” / “Shoes are your life.” Burr shrugged."
- "The Telegraph profile carried a picture of Mrs May in front of an office wall decorated with shoey pictures."
- "A lot of fashionistas dress from their feet upwards but as I'm not a "shoey" person, I prefer to pick my clothes first."