There he is a poor, tired, clumsy creature, footsore and dusty, with a halter round his neck, and a swarthy foreigner to make his life miserable.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
Late at night the dogs came limping home, weary and footsore, but with never a long yellow hair clinging to their chops to tell a story.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
They were mostly poor people, cottagers in small remote villages; and we, too, were poor, often footsore, in need of their ministrations, and nearer to them on that account than if we had travelled in a more comfortable way.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson