Mis-shoe

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To shoe incorrectly; put a shoe on wrong rare, transitive

    "“[...] Bun pays Byron a coupla grand to mis-shoe somebody else's pony.” I stuck my spoon in my peppery soup. “Why would he do that?” “This pony belongs to another customer of mine, Charlie Bun's top rival in the racing biz."

Example

More examples

"“[...] Bun pays Byron a coupla grand to mis-shoe somebody else's pony.” I stuck my spoon in my peppery soup. “Why would he do that?” “This pony belongs to another customer of mine, Charlie Bun's top rival in the racing biz."

Etymology

From mis- + shoe.

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