Gumshoe lobbying

[Wilson Gray]

On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:

> Gumshoes are the rubber covers put on leather shoes to
> protect them from the rain and mud.


_Overshoes_, also (once?) known as "rubbers," are the rubber covers ..."

_Gumshoes_ is a term used in the U.S. for what are known in New South
Wales - and, possibly, elsewhere - Australia, as "sandshoes." My
informant, sadly, has no information WRT to the etymology of the term

-Wilson
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