as ever trod shoe leather

Meaning: (idiomatic,archaic)Alternative form ofas ever trod shoe-leather.1809February,E[nos] Bronsonet al., “On the Marriage Manufactory at Gretna Green”, inSelect Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: From the Lorenzo Press of E. Bronson; published by Hopkins and Earle,[…],→OCLC,page118:As handsome a gentleman, to be sure,as ever trod shoe leather! I wonder that old folks can be so very,veryblind!1825,[John Neal], chapter XXVI, inBrother Jonathan: Or, The New Englanders: In Three Volumes, volume II, Edinburgh:William Blackwood; London:T[homas]Cadell,[…],→OCLC,page446:"He is a brave Indian, sir." – "Oh – is that all?" – "As brave a man,as ever trod shoe leather." – "Hum!" – "Yes." – "But Indians – do they tread shoe leather?" – "He's very brave, I mean – very." – "Why not say so, then?" – "I do."1830,[Theodore Edward Hook], chapter II, inMaxwell.[...]In Three Volumes, volume II, London:Henry ColburnandRichard Bentley,[…],→OCLC,pages54–55:[I]t's his temper as has saved his life; he's the best-temperdest creturas ever trod shoe leather.

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