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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