different between workboot vs shitkicker

workboot

English

Etymology

work +? boot

Noun

workboot (plural workboots)

  1. A sturdy boot intended as workwear.
    • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
      Hugh said nothing. With a mighty effort he had restrained himself from putting one scuffed yellow workboot right through Henry Beaufort's damned old Rock-Ola as he went by. Then, with his head down, he had passed out into darkness.

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shitkicker

English

Etymology

shit +? kicker

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???t?k?k?(?)/

Noun

shitkicker (plural shitkickers)

  1. (US, slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) A workboot.
  2. (US, slang, vulgar, offensive) A poor, rural person, especially from the southern United States.
    Synonym: redneck
  3. (US, slang, vulgar) Something unusually unpleasant or difficult.

Further reading

  • “shitkicker”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
  • http://www.yourdictionary.com/shitkicker

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