0
The term "Patent Shoon" translates simply as "Patent Leather Shoes", or "Wearing Patent Leather Shoes". Robert Service uses the phrase in the poem "The Ballad Of Basphemous Bill". In the poem he is listing all the various ways, places and cercumstances Bill might die in "In cabin or dance-hall camp or dive mucklucks or patent shoon". However, the prevous line ends with "Peak faced Moon", so Service uses poetic licence to morph the word "Shoe" into "Shoon" in order to make it rhyme. It's almost a concunction of "Shoe" and "Shod".
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
In Robert Service's poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee," "patent shoon" refers to insulated footwear that the narrator, Cap, desires for warmth in the cold Arctic conditions. The term "patent" suggests that the shoes are unique or specially designed for extreme weather.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What does shoon mean?
A leather old shoe
What does shoon mean in sir patricks spens's poetry?
Shoe.
What is patent case mean?
A patent case involves copyrighted or patented material. The word patent can also mean the subject matter is obvious on its face.
What does grossly patent mean?
?????
If the mesenteric artery is patent what does patent mean?
it is wide open
What does patent mean on jewelry?
One type of patent is the design patent, which protects "ornamental characteristics." If the design is sufficiently innovative, it may receive a design patent.
What does posterior communicating arteries are patent mean?
It means it is open and functioning. patent=functional.
What does 'patent dereliction' mean?
"Patent" in this case means obvious or apparent. If you show patent dereliction of duty, you are obviously not doing your job.
What does grossly patent mean in reference to carotid artery?
it means that you have a gross patent and need a new one
What does the medical term patent mean?
"Patent" in medical terms means open, as a vessel. The opposite is "occluded."
What does the term patent mean?
"Patent" in medical terms means open, as a vessel. The opposite is "occluded."
What does tracheobronchial tree is patent mean?
unchanged
