soling
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of soling
Example Sentences
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But instead of soling the clubhead as usual, set it in front of the ball.
From Golf Digest • Feb. 8, 2018
“Huh,” said he, “his shoes need soling, that’s one sure thing.”
From Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese
If you know naught of soling, I understand nothing of sausages; you, who cut bad leather on the slant to make it look stout and deceive the country yokels.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
What do you think I was charged for soling and heeling shoes?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919 by Various
"I wonder if we can't get something out of the lumber company," mused the younger brother, as he gazed meditatively at his boots, which were sadly in need of soling and heeling.
From To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon by Stratemeyer, Edward
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