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n. - A high shoe with laces over the tongue..

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Usage examples (13)
  • A blucher is naturally more adjustable than a balmoral shoe
  • Asked to explain the gag, he says it's an urban legend - that "blucher" means "glue" in German.
  • Then again, I still find the running “blucher!” gag in Young Frankenstein hysterical.
  • The woman's shoe and heel resemble a blucher-style oxford seen in a pre-takeoff photo of Earhart.
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