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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of resole.

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Examples

  • We assumed she had multiple pairs of her signature suede black boots, but she might just have them resoled when necessary.

    Kate Middleton wears 'vintage'? 2011

  • Stitched soles are expensive to manufacture, but in skilled hands can be resoled almost in perpetuity, until the uppers finally yield and surrender.

    Kit Freak « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • Third and finally yes after one year we have not resoled an issue that's been lingering for nine.

    Palin warns of 'Second Holocaust' if Iran gains nuclear weapons 2010

  • Take leather or suede boots coming out of storage to the shoemaker to be cleaned and resoled before the harsh weather hits.

    Lifestyle Boost: Closet Case 2010

  • I hope they stay with me for another ten years — and the nice thing about Bogota is that you can get them resoled easily if you need to.

    A Salute to Modern Times « Unknowing 2010

  • His jeans were worn down to a crumpled-paper softness, and his Frye boots had been resoled a few times and were coming up on needing work again.

    Friday! ultra_lilac 2009

  • They look like they were made in 1925 and have been resoled, like, fifty-seven times.

    Oh No She Didn’t Clinton Kelly 2010

  • I get my shoes resoled; I mend my clothes; I bring in my bike from the rain so it will last as absolutely long as possible.

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

  • Hmmmm … According to the right wing trolls, Obama, who wears resoled shoes with holes in them and patched pants, was an elitist for eating lettuce and drinking orange juice, but Sarah Palin was a woman of the people when she spent a couple hundred thousand dollars on clothes and makeup over the course of two months.

    McCain Campaign Spent $110,000 on Palin’s Stylists - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • He told me as he pointed to the boots he was wearing, "these boots are like my life -- they've been healed, resoled and restored."

    Marina Cantacuzino: Failing to Draw a Line Under Vengeance 2010

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