Meaning of tsarouchi | Babel Free

Definitions

Traditional Greek leather shoe with pompom, now worn only by the evzonoi.

Examples

“His trousers, patched like his coat, dropped over a pair of scarlet charouhias, leather shoes with upturned toes decorated with a large black-and-white pompon.”

“Here the struggle of Greece is fought with half a tsarouchi (the distinctive pompommed clogs worn by mountain fighters), rags, a loaf of bread, a handful of corn, and with home-made guns, axes, and poles."”

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