/ Dictionary / Index O old shoe: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: old' shoe' Pronunciation: [key] — Informal. Informal. a person or thing that is comfortably familiar and unpretentious: Uncle Will is a lovable old shoe. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. Old Scratch Old Slavic Related Content Daily Word Quiz: arboreal Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language