Answer:
I am bought by the yard but worn by the foot. What am I?
Although a human shape I wear, mother I never had. By every miss I'm valued much, still my cruel fate is such by boys I am often despised. What am I?
I am an English word that is as long as I am valued.
I can run but not walk. Wherever I go thought follows close behind.
I always go to bed with my shoes on.
It has no top or bottom, but it can hold flesh, bones, and blood all at the same time.