shoe leather

noun

leather used to make shoes
save shoe leather
to avoid wearing out shoes, as by taking a bus rather than walking

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An old-fashioned shoe-leather reporter, Germond knew every state party chairman in the country.

The current VP has stuck his foot in his mouth so often he must constantly taste shoe leather.

Sara Ganim, 24, broke the Jerry Sandusky story wide open in her local daily paper after years of thankless shoe-leather reporting.

Not that Halperin had to put much shoe leather into reporting this one out.

Malkin also likes to get out of her house and do shoe-leather reporting, albeit with ideological intent.

I counted myself lucky to be in their company, for two better newspaper men never walked in shoe leather.

I am sure my wife would not have thought of such a thing for the finest gentleman that ever wore shoe-leather.

"The takingest chap that ever stood in shoe leather," cried young Harris with a rush.

Mebby y' a'n't aware, young man, that you planted your shoe-leather on my olfactory?

The lights did not go out in quarters, and the guard turned out with much noise of shoe leather and rattle of guns.

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