Leather from which shoes are made that is worn out through walking.
Adjective
Basic, old-fashioned or traditional; specifically 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.
Origin
shoe + leather.
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