shoemaker's last

NOUN
  1. holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
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  • La horma [not "herma"] de su zapato does not mean ` encountering the shoestring, 'since horma means ` shoemaker's last,' that is, the wooden form on which shoemakers build -- or used to build -- shoes. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 1
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