Definition of "shoe-leather" []

• Leather that is used to make shoes. (noun)
• Leather from which shoes are made that is worn out through walking. (noun)
• Basic, old-fashioned or traditional; specifically (journalism) shoe-leather journalism or shoe-leather reporting: journalism involving walking from place to place observing things and speaking to people, rather than sitting indoors at a desk. (adjective)

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• "Jon Huntsman Jr. has staked his presidential hopes on New Hampshire, a strategy akin to Rick Santorum's shoe-leather campaign in Iowa that ultimately proved successful."
• "After days of saturation coverage and some very good shoe-leather reporting, much of this has become clear to the public and national media."
• "Mr. Dowd said his client ran a legitimate business that used a "mosaic" of research to make trading decisions about companies and "built his success on shoe-leather research.""