"shoe leather!" Definition

Definitions for the word "shoe leather!" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. slang
a thief’s warning cry when he hears footsteps. This exclamation is used in the spirit which animated the friend who, when he suspected treachery towards Bruce at King Edward’s court, in 1306, sent him a purse and a pair of spurs, as a sign that he should use them in making his escape.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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