stoga boot

English

Etymology

Probably ultimately derived from Conestoga, Pennsylvania.

Noun

stoga boot (plural stoga boots)

  1. (dated) A type of sturdy work boot; a brogan.
    • 1830 January 9, Mechanics Press, (Utica, NY), page 66:
      In six days they crimped and made forty-five pairs of Stoga Boots.
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