English Explanatory Dictionary

straw shoe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A professional false witness hired by an unscrupulous attorney. Such a man would frequent the vicinity of a courthouse and show his intention and availability by a straw sticking from one of his shoes.

Word forms

straw shoe straw shoes straw-shoe

Etymology

US, mid 1700s.

Synonyms

straw-bail man of straw

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