suede-shoe salesman
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suede-shoe salesman (plural suede-shoe salesmen)
- (slang) A high-pressure salesman.
- 1954, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs, FHA Investigation: Hearings, page 2397:
- Would you say it was fair to describe these salesmen that were in your crews as dynamiters, or suede shoe salesmen?