Meaning of pampootie | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

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Examples

“[T]hey showed me holes in their own⟳ pampooties, or cowskin sandals, and asked me the price of new ones.”

“Quickly, warningfully Buck Mulligan bent down […] "He heard you pissed on his halldoor in Glasthule. He's out in pampooties to murder⟳ you."”

“Sebastian sat on the window sill. Tony leaning against the stove, grinning over his folded arms, a pair of pampooties on his crossed feet.”

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