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Examples
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The small, high-instepped foot could not be hidden in walking; the make of the thick shoe might not disguise its form.
The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897
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And he fished from the side of his chair, and held up by the tip of a monstrous heel, the most audacious, high-instepped, red satin slipper I ever saw.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel William John Locke 1896
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She has small, tapering hands, and high-instepped feet, and rarely pierces her lips or disfigures her nose.
From Paris to New York by Land Harry De Windt 1894
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_saya_ which rustled with every movement she made and from beneath which protruded a small pair of high instepped feet encased in black slippers ornamented with large quaint silver buckles.
When Dreams Come True Ritter Brown
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"He has my brow," he mused, bitterly; "my hands; my ears; my long ringers, with their curving nails; my slender ankles and high-instepped feet; and, my God! he has my telltale sensual lips.
The Desired Woman 1888
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