shoe bomb

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   an explosive device concealed inside the heel and sole of a shoe

   Broaderexplosive device

Questions about shoe bomb

What does shoe bomb mean?

shoe bomb means "an explosive device concealed inside the heel and sole of a shoe".

Is shoe bomb a common word?

shoe bomb is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.