A large patent-leather traveling-case lay beside it.    From Wordnik.com.  [32 Caliber] Reference

His small feet were encased in patent-leather boots.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself.] Reference

Lennie a pair of patent-leather slippers to wear on the Fourth of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters on an Elk Hunt] Reference

Low patent-leather shoes and white kid gloves complete the costume.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference

Them lords with shiny shirt-fronts, and their patent-leather shoes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 16, 1892] Reference

She wears patent-leather shoes, kid-gloves, corsets and such finery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference

She grabbed her keys and purse, a cute little patent-leather clutch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Changeling]

These, with patent-leather shoes and a silk hat, complete the costume.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference

He talks to his white patent-leather shoes, he talks to his golf clubs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Comedian Jeffrey Ross Invents a South Park With Grown-ups] Reference

The shoes are patent-leather pumps or "low quarters," tied, not buttoned.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men] Reference

Black patent-leather pumps, made to order, are from eight to nine dollars.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men] Reference

Tiny patent-leather pumps and little blue socks completed the funny makeup.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Dixie School Girl] Reference

From his patent-leather boots to his glistening silk hat the Baron Santos da.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference

Junie's eyes were closed, her patent-leather shoes swaying in time to the music.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mistress of Justice]

Now, just you pull off those patent-leather pumps of yours and set to work washing decks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teddy The Story of a Little Pickle] Reference

You would have run all to patent-leather boots, silky moustaches, and black-tan terriers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859] Reference

She could have bought patent-leather shoes, rhinestone-covered barrettes, and baby roses.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bonesetter's Daughter]

Pity the saloon singers who elect to follow in the footsteps of his patent-leather shoes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bobby Short King of Pop] Reference

Episcopal clergymen wear, black trousers, patent-leather boots, and of course the red fez.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference

Then Mr. Allendyce, lifting his eyes from the patent-leather tips of his shoes, said quietly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red-Robin] Reference

Back in her office, Jenna stubbed her patent-leather toe on the leg of her rolling desk chair.    From Wordnik.com.  [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]

And that doesn't mean I think she's anything like a conniving patent-leather harpy or anything.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poll: Edwards Best Dem For Ohio] Reference

In Liu Guoyuan, Sonny Li had a pale blue uniform, white gloves and a hat with a patent-leather brim.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Stone Monkey]

Lily seemed fascinated by Trampy, examined him, his shiny hat, his gold rings, his patent-leather shoes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bill-Toppers] Reference

Consider the red patent-leather pumps with the five-inch, steel-spike heels that he designed for Gucci in 1997.    From Wordnik.com.  [You Can't Touch This] Reference

It took her only five minutes longer and it suggested luxury, fine shops, handsome furniture, patent-leather shoes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bill-Toppers] Reference

Guests sit on white patent-leather banquettes inspired by the chairs on the Union-Castle ocean liners of the 1950s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Raising a Glass] Reference

She was a shade too elegantly dressed, as ever; she tripped along on her high, patent-leather heels, her face aflame.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruined City]

When the X rays got to work on this packet a pair of patent-leather shoes was revealed, hidden away amongst the fruit.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 40, August 12, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] Reference

With a kid glove you may put his respectability in peril, and with your patent-leather pumps affright his soul within him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858] Reference

I felt I had nothing to cling to, and I had kept my hat in my hand, ill at ease in my dress suit and patent-leather pumps.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maigret's Memoirs]

There were three such rompers, and two Buster Brown coats with wide, black, patent-leather belts which completed the traveling outfit.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mother and Her Child] Reference

The accompaniments to a suit of this sort are patent-leather shoes and white kid gloves if dancing is a part of the evening programme.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference

A man must have, besides his dancing pumps, a pair of patent-leather walking boots and a pair of stout common boots for everyday wear.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men] Reference

On her own huge feet were a pair of shining patent-leather shoes sporting big gilt buckles, and each child wore patent-leather DANCING.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home] Reference

But, by luck, I happen to think that I have my old logarithm-book in my pocket -- you know, the one that's bound in black patent-leather.    From Wordnik.com.  [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference

At a formal breakfast men wear frock coats, fancy waistcoats, gray trousers, patent-leather shoes, large ties, high hats, and gray gloves.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Etiquette of To-day] Reference