Keds

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See also: keds and KEDs

English

A pair of Pro-Keds Royal Flash court shoes

Etymology

Modified from Peds (the name initially chosen for the brand, which was already trademarked), from Latin pedēs (feet), plural of pēs (foot).

Noun

Keds pl (normally plural, singular Ked)

  1. Plimsolls (canvas shoes with rubber soles) of the American brand Keds.
    • 2018 July 11, Jerome Christenson, “An ode to the plastic straw”, in La Crosse Tribune, volume 115, number 57, La Crosse, Wis., →ISSN, page B2, column 4:
      Now for any mid-century boy worth his Keds, mastery of the pea-shooter was a skill on a par with tree fort construction, delivering a satisfactory nuggy, and frying ants with sunshine and a magnifying glass.
    • 2022, Dani Pettrey, The Deadly Shallows (Coastal Guardians; 3), Thorndike, Me.: Center Point Large Print, →ISBN, page 417:
      Once far from the flooding light, Caleb pulled up short, and her Keds skidded out from under her on the damp pavement.
    • 2022, Jenny Pentland, This Will Be Funny Later: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, page 59:
      As I prepared myself by putting my Keds back on (I still take my shoes off at any opportunity), my mom mumbled something under her breath at my dad.

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