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хромовые сапожки

English translation: box calf boots


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Russian term or phrase:хромовые сапожки
English translation:box calf boots
Entered by: Amy Lesiewicz
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16:02 Jan 19, 2012
Russian to English translations [PRO]
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Russian term or phrase: хромовые сапожки
Context is 1940 Bessarabia.

Литр молока стоил 2 лея, то есть 5 копеек; килограмм сахара – 14 лей, то есть 35 копеек, килограмм сала – 20 лей, то есть 50 копеек; хромовые сапожки – 150 лей, то есть 4 рубля 50 копеек.
Deborah Hoffman
Local time: 07:58
box calf boots
Explanation:
http://spectorg-tmn.ru/catalogue/index.php?id=1097
http://www.overstock.com/Clothing-Shoes/BCBG-Max-Azria-Dionn...
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Amy Lesiewicz
United States
Local time: 06:58
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4box calf boots
Amy Lesiewicz
4boxcalf boots
Dmitry Kornyukhov


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
boxcalf boots


Explanation:
I think that's how they call it
http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/ushakov/1083378

Dmitry Kornyukhov
Ukraine
Local time: 14:58
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
box calf boots


Explanation:
http://spectorg-tmn.ru/catalogue/index.php?id=1097
http://www.overstock.com/Clothing-Shoes/BCBG-Max-Azria-Dionn...

Amy Lesiewicz
United States
Local time: 06:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Angela Greenfield
32 mins

agree  Natalia Avseenko
55 mins

agree  Elena Kuznetsova
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agree  cyhul
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