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But if thou meet with Laguccio, or Naldino, forget not to tell them, that they must bring me my shooe-tyes before Sunday.
The Decameron 2004
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QUOTATION: Now for good lucke, cast an old shooe after me.
Quotations 1919
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He concludes with orders for shoes, noting the "shooe Makers are very cheats" because they make the shoe sizes smaller than they used to.
Letter from Robert Carter to Micajah Perry, February 13 and 17, 1724 1724
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For at that time none of us had a shooe to our feet.
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I doe affect the very ground (which is base) 471: where her shooe (which is baser) guided by her foote
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_Ralph_, pray emptie my right shooe that you made your Chamber-pot, and burn a little Rosemarie in't,
Wit Without Money The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Francis Beaumont 1600
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Ther shalt thou fynd an old shooe, wher in if thou looke well
Gammer Gurton's Needle Anonymous 1575
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The last Shoos I had from you for the LLs Concern were generally too small if You have any opportunity this next Summer or by the fall to Send me in four doz. of large strong plain Shoos One half of the 16s. and 'tother of the 14s. it would be very necessry & I would also desire You to Send me Six doz. upon my own Accot half the 16s. & half the 14s. pray take Effectual care they be Strong Carmens Shoos as good as can be bought for Money, The shooe Makers are very cheats make their
Letter from Robert Carter to Micajah Perry, February 13 and 17, 1724 1724
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111Now for good lucke, cast an old shooe after me.
Quotations 1919
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The characters in this volume are "A fantasticke taylor; a player; a shooe-maker; a rope-maker; a smith; a tobacconist; a cunning woman; a cobler; a tooth-drawer; a tinker; a fidler; a cunning horse-courser;
Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle
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