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congress boot
noun
- a high shoe with elastic sides, worn by men in the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Origin of congress boot1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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It rested on a wooden "cricket," and was encased in a carpet slipper that contrasted strikingly with the congress boot that shod his other foot.
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The senior partner of Tutt & Tutt wheeled his swivel chair to the window and crossing his congress boots upon the sill gazed contemplatively down upon the shipping.
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The costume usually began with a pot-hat and ended in extreme cases with congress boots.
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