shoe-and-stocking

Updated: June 9, 2025

But not so contrary to nature as the shoe-and-stocking trees that grow at the headwaters of this Muskingum River." "That seems impossible shoe-and-stocking trees, did you say?" "It does sound improbable, I admit, but seeing is believing. I've pulled half-grown shoes off one of those trees with these hands. I don't expect you to take my word.

William Henry Venable - A Dream of Empire: Or, The House of Blennerhassett