slipshoe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Archaic

"[S]uddenly out of his bed ſtarted an Hoſtler, who hauing no apparell on but his ſhirt, a paire of ſlip-ſhooes on his / feete, and a Candle burning in his hand like old Ieronimo ſtep'd into the ſtable amõgſt a number of poore hungry Iades, as if that night he had beene to ride poaſt to yͤ Diuell."

From slip + shoe.

slipshoes (plural)

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