hobnail in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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That was mostly because of the old-fashioned sporting gear he wore, including leather hobnail boots, as he re-created the conditions his forebears would have faced.
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He'll never catch you in his leather hobnail boots.
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The ladies in their twin-sets peered suspiciously out at the scruffy young tough in jeans and hobnail boots standing on the step and asking to come inside.
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The sitting room floor still bore the marks of his hobnail boots, "she says," and grooves where his chair was pushed around.
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In footwear, a hobnail is a short nail with a thick head used to increase the durability of boot soles.
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The men found the hobnail leather boots a bit hard to get used to until they were broken in.
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