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Noun
espadrille (plural espadrilles)
- A light shoe having an upper made of fabric and a sole of rope.
- ✤ Synonym: alpargata
- ✤ She wore loose black silks and black espadrilles.1
Etymology
Borrowed from French espadrille.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĕs-pə-drĭlʹ, IPA: /ɛspəˈdɹɪl/
- Hyphenation: es‧pa‧drille
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Link to original Footnotes
1984, William Gibson, chapter 10, in Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 127: ↩
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