children’s shoes, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

children’s shoes n.

make children’s shoes (v.) [Norfolk dial.]

to fool, to trifle with, to belittle.

1672		J. Phillips Maronides (1678) V 69: As if I had nothing else to choose / But here stand making Childrens shoos.
1682		Behn Round-heads IV iv: Who, pox shall we stand making Childrens Shoes all the year? No, No, let’s begin to settle the Nation, I say.
1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.
1873		Sl. Dict.

make feet for children’s shoes (v.)

see under foot n.