"shoe-leather" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈʃuːˌlɛðə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʃuːˌlɛðɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-shoe-leather.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: shoe + leather. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shoe|leather}} shoe + leather Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} shoe-leather (not comparable)
  1. Basic, old-fashioned or traditional; specifically (journalism) shoe-leather journalism or shoe-leather reporting: journalism involving walking from place to place observing things and speaking to people, rather than sitting indoors at a desk. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mass media
    Sense id: en-shoe-leather-en-adj-kxM~VoFq Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 35 14 8 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shoe leather

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʃuːˌlɛðə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʃuːˌlɛðɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-shoe-leather.ogg [Australia] Forms: shoe-leathers [plural]
Etymology: shoe + leather. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shoe|leather}} shoe + leather Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shoe-leather (countable and uncountable, plural shoe-leathers)
  1. (countable and uncountable) Leather that is used to make shoes. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Footwear
    Sense id: en-shoe-leather-en-noun-7BN~OJFS Disambiguation of Footwear: 24 44 32 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 41 19 12 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 35 14 8 6 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 38 21 9 5
  2. (uncountable) Leather from which shoes are made that is worn out through walking. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-shoe-leather-en-noun-hNhkBu94 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 35 14 8 6
  3. (by extension, idiomatic) The sweat of one's brow; effort; investigatory effort. Tags: broadly, countable, idiomatic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-shoe-leather-en-noun-en:effort__especially_investigatory_effort
  4. Tough meat, especially cheap meat. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-shoe-leather-en-noun-en:tough_meat__especially_cheap_meat
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shoe leather Derived forms: as ever trod shoe-leather Related terms: patent leather, shoemaker, shoe polish, pound a beat

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    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Footwear"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "shoe",
        "3": "leather"
      },
      "expansion": "shoe + leather",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "shoe + leather.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "shoe-leather (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "shoe-lea‧ther"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Mass media"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008 April 23, Mark Glaser, “Public Documents + Shoe Leather Reporting = The Smoking Gun's Staying Power”, in Mediashift, Public Broadcasting Service, archived from the original on 2012-11-13",
          "text": "When we set out to produce the site full time, everything we did went on the site, but the reporting for the site hasn't changed. I don't think it ever will. It's basic shoe leather reporting, hunting down sources and documents and confirming authenticity.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 July 5, Walter Kirn, “Wasted Land”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2014-11-15",
          "text": "The book, wrought from old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting of a type that's disappearing faster than nonfranchised lunch counters on Main Street, isn't chiefly a tale of drugs and crime, of dysfunction and despair, but a recession-era tragedy scaled for an \"Our Town,\" Thornton Wilder stage and seemingly based on a script by William S. Burroughs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 September 23, Erica Noonan, “Reporting on the threat posed when reliable reporting fades away”, in Boston.com (The Boston Globe), archived from the original on 2012-10-26",
          "text": "Yes, old school, shoe-leather reporting uncovered the Watergate and Pentagon Papers scandals. But it was disturbingly ineffective during the McCarthy witch hunts and the US invasion of Iraq.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 July 28, Michael Wines, Sharon LaFraniere, “In baring facts of train crash, blogs erode China censorship [print version: In China, tweets shake the hold of state media: Microbloggers’ reaction to train crash shows new influence on government, International Herald Tribune, 29 July 2011]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2014-12-28",
          "text": "Since then, China's two major Twitter-like microblogs have posted an astounding 26 million messages on the tragedy, a potent amalgam of contempt for railway authorities, suspicion of official explanations and shoe-leather journalism by citizens and professionals alike.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Basic, old-fashioned or traditional; specifically (journalism) shoe-leather journalism or shoe-leather reporting: journalism involving walking from place to place observing things and speaking to people, rather than sitting indoors at a desk."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Basic",
          "basic#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "old-fashioned",
          "old-fashioned"
        ],
        [
          "traditional",
          "traditional#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "journalism",
          "journalism"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃuːˌlɛðə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃuːˌlɛðɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-shoe-leather.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/En-au-shoe-leather.ogg/En-au-shoe-leather.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/En-au-shoe-leather.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "shoe leather"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shoe-leather"
}

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