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Sneakers


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  • Variants

    • Daps
    • Gym shoes
    • Plim soles
    • Plimsolls
    • Runners (Athletic shoes)
    • Tackies
    • Takkies
    • Tennies
    • Tennis shoes
    • Trainers (Athletic shoes)
    • Training shoes
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  • Sources

    • found: Encarta world Eng. dict.(sneakers; trainers, UK = sneakers)
    • found: Wikipedia, Nov. 23, 2016(Sneakers are shoes primarily designed for sports or other forms of physical exercise; describes a type of footwear with a flexible sole made of rubber or synthetic material and an upper part made of leather or synthetic materials; other terms include training shoes or trainers, running shoes, runners, sneakers, tennis shoes, gym shoes, tennies, sports shoes, sneaks, takkies, plimsolls, and daps)
    • found: Merriam-Webster dictionary online, Nov. 23, 2016(sneaker: a sports shoe with a pliable rubber sole; trainer chiefly British : sneaker; plimsoll British: sneaker; tennis shoe: a lightweight usually low-cut sneaker)
    • found: Collins English dictionary online, Nov. 23, 2016(takkies plural noun South Africa informal: a variant spelling of tackies; tackies or takkies South Africa informal: tennis shoes or plimsolls; plimsolls British: lightweight canvas shoes with rubber soles; sneakers: also plim soles; sneakers mainly US and Canadian: canvas shoes with rubber soles worn for sports or informally; trainers British: shoes that people wear, especially for running and other sports; gym shoe: another name for plimsoll; tennis shoe: a rubber-soled canvas shoe tied with laces; training shoes: 1. running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself 2. shoes in the style of those used for sports training; tennies Slang: tennis shoes; daps Southwest England dialect: a pair of plimsolls)
  • LC Classification

    • GV749.S64
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  • Change Notes

    • 2003-01-21: new
    • 2017-01-31: revised
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