pointe shoe

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English

Pointe shoes

Noun

pointe shoe (plural pointe shoes)

  1. (ballet) A type of shoe with a strengthened toe, used for dancing on pointe.
    • 2004, Toni Bentley, The Surrender:
      Instead, I would stick to dancing and continue plunging my toes into the beautiful, tight, shiny sheaths called pointe shoes.

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