trotter case

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Noun

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trotter case (plural trotter cases)

  1. (slang, idiomatic, chiefly in the plural) A shoe or boot.
    • 1837-39, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
      So he at once expressed his readiness; and, kneeling on the floor, while the Dodger sat upon the table so that he could take his foot in his laps, he applied himself to a process which Mr. Dawkins designated as “japanning his trotter-cases.” The phrase, rendered into plain English, signifieth, cleaning his boots.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary