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Running Leather

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His shoes are made of running leather. He is given to roving. Probably the pun is between roar and run.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Run Amuck
Run a Rig (To)
Run Riot (To)
Run Thin (To)
Run a Man Down (To)
Run of the House (The)
Runs
Runs may Read (He that)
Running
Running Footman
Running Leather
Running Thursday
Running Water
Running the Hood
Runcible Spoon (A)
Runes
Runic Rhymes
Runic Wands
Runnymede
Rupee
Rupert of Debate