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old shoe

old shoe

noun Informal.
a person or thing that is comfortably familiar and unpretentious: Uncle will is a lovable old shoe.
old-shoe, adjective
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Old shoe is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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Idioms & Phrases

old shoe

see comfortable as an old shoe.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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