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Hobnailed

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hob·nail  (hbnl)
n.
A short nail with a thick head used to protect the soles of shoes or boots.
[hob, peg, projection (obsolete) + nail.]
hobnailed adj.
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Adj.1.hobnailed - marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails; "hobnailed laborers"
rural - living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"


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These wore loose knee-breeches, long yarn stockings, and hobnailed high-laced walking-shoes.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
He stood up and rested one hobnailed boot on the top of his spade while he looked her over.
The Secret Garden by Burnett, Frances Hodgson View in context
They wouldn't let me wash it, but on the day of the crime I had washed the floor thoroughly, and if the murderer had crossed it with his hobnailed boots, I should not have failed to see where he had been; he has left marks enough in Mademoiselle's chamber.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context
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