shoe-leather

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Leather that is used to make shoes.

   “Outside of patent leathers and specialties, I know of no other types of shoe leathers which are commanding replacement costs today.”

2. isim Leather from which shoes are made that is worn out through walking.

   “Save on shoe leather [letter title] […] Pounding the sidewalks can seriously wear you out.”

3. isim The sweat of one's brow; effort; investigatory effort.

   “They expended a lot of shoe-leather in hunting down every lead.”

4. isim Tough meat, especially cheap meat.

   “The school certainly wasn't breaking the bank by feeding us — when it wasn't gruel it was shoe-leather.”

5. sıfat 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.

   “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.”