List of synonyms from "pat oneself the back" to synonyms from "paternal"
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Definition of the day : « patent leather »
- noun leather with glossy surface
- In fact, it is the only patent leather made that is not air-tight.
- Extract from : « The Story of Leather » by Sara Ware Bassett
- Mine was covered with patent leather and mounted with silver.
- Extract from : « At the Court of the Amr » by John Alfred Gray
- He shone all over, from his bald head to his patent leather boots.
- Extract from : « Mrs. Thompson » by William Babington Maxwell
- Slippers should either match the gown in color, or be of patent leather.
- Extract from : « The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 » by Various
- His top hat was unmistakably French, with a flat rim, and his boots were of patent leather.
- Extract from : « In Friendship's Guise » by Wm. Murray Graydon
- Patent leather boots and kid gloves are rarely worn by practical geologists.
- Extract from : « Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural-History Objects » by J. E. Taylor
- Nursing one small foot, in a silk sock and a patent leather shoe, on his knee, he was immensely entertained.
- Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad
- Patent leather boots, spats, and a cane of huge proportions completed a turn-out which was distinctly startling.
- Extract from : « King of Ranleigh » by F. S. (Frederick Sadlier) Brereton
- They are made up with patent leather sides and bottom, with steel at the top.
- Extract from : « The New Guide to Knitting & Crochet » by Marie Jane Cooper
- The first displayed the portrait of a young man with a pure brow, an iron jaw, silk socks, and hair like patent leather.
- Extract from : « Babbitt » by Sinclair Lewis