Meaning of running-shoe | Babel Free

Definitions

Dated form of running shoe.

alt-of, dated

Examples

“My turn-out was unexceptionable; men copied my running-shoes; my jacket and trowsers were an admiration; my bat perfection; I was the very picture of a cricketer, but, alas! very little more than a picture.”

“I looked back, and could see Jackson half undressed, and putting on his running-shoes.”

“Running shops and specialist running kit barely existed before the 1970s, when Bill Bowerman, founder of Nike, simultaneously launched a concept – jogging – and a product – thick-heeled running-shoes – without which the jogger’s heel-striking action was prohibitively uncomfortable.”

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