1) Ancient Greek theatre 2) Boot 3) Chukka boot 4) Combat boot 5) Desert boot 6) French word used in English 7) Half boot 8) High boot 9) Top boot 10) Tragic drama
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1) Boot 2) The drama
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A buskin is a knee- or calf-length boot made of leather or cloth which laces closed, but is open across the toes. It was worn by Athenian tragic actors, hunters and soldiers in Ancient Greek, Etruscan, and Roman societies. The word buskin, only recorded in English since 1503 meaning `half boot`, is of unknown origin, perhaps from Old French brou.....
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[horse] == Preakness Stakes == Buskin, described as `a good-looking little bay gelding` won the $2,500 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland on Tuesday, May 20, 1913. He went off as the heavy favorite at 3-2 in the field of eight three year-olds after five of the thirteen colts scratched. Buskin broke first but fell...
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tragedy as a dramatic genre
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• (n.) A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg. • (n.) A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from come...
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a thick-soled boot worn by actors in ancient Greek tragedies. Because of the association, the term has come to mean tragedy. It is contrasted with ... [1 related articles]
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Bus'kin noun [ Prob. from Old French brossequin , or Dutch broosken . See Brodekin .] 1. A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg. « The hunted red deer's undressed hide Their hairy buskins well supplied. Sir W. Scott.
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A buskin was originally a thick-soled boot worn by tragic actors in ancient Athenia. The term is now applied to a half-boot.
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n] - a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
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combat boot noun a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
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a thick-soled, laced boot or half boot. · Also calledthe high, thick-soled shoe worn by ancient Greek and Roman tragedians. · stockings decorated with gold thread worn by a bishop at a Pontifical Mass. · tragic drama; tragedy. Cf. sock (def. 3). · the art of acting, esp. tragic acting. · a woman's low-cut shoe with elast...
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