pampootie
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
pampootie (plural pampooties)
- A traditional shoe, formerly made and worn on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Ireland, consisting of a single piece of untanned hide folded around the foot and stitched with twine or a leather strap.
- 1907, J. M. Synge, The Aran Islands, Part I:
- [T]hey showed me holes in their own pampooties, or cowskin sandals, and asked me the price of new ones.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 9]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, , →OCLC:
- Quickly, warningfully Buck Mulligan bent down […] "He heard you pissed on his halldoor in Glasthule. He's out in pampooties to murder you."
- 1955, J P Donleavy, The Ginger Man, published 1955 (France), page 275:
- Sebastian sat on the window sill. Tony leaning against the stove, grinning over his folded arms, a pair of pampooties on his crossed feet.
Translations
traditional shoe
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