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  • His shoes were bench-made by a company called Cheaney, from Northampton in England.

    The Hard War Child, Lee 2006

  • His shoes were bench-made by a company called Cheaney, from Northampton in England.

    The Hard Way Child, Lee 2006

  • His boots were the finest leather, bench-made by the best of bootmakers, and they fitted the high-arched instep with the elastic smoothness of gloves.

    Ronicky Doone Max Brand 1918

  • He was transfigured into Ivanhoe, and Gramercy Park was the veritable Forest of Robin Hood, as his thin legs, clad in silk stockings and irreproachably bench-made shoes, carried him to Peter's door.

    Ivanhoe and the German Measles 1906

  • A fine bench-made dwarf clock bearing the signature of John Bailey Jr. should also get attention.

    Antique News News! 2010

  • Shipton & Heneage velvet slippers are hand-stitched and bench-made in England, according to Luxist.

    TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends 2009

  • Upholstery is "bench-made" - using some of the finest Italian leather

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2008

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