It would be possible for a speaker to use the verb with physical objects which are not hard, though in such cases the speaker would likely intend its use to be as a humorous device. My brain is broken. …

Jul 17, 2019 · Thonged leather sandals with a mere strip fastening, or perhaps a buckled T-strap version, are the shoes most likely to succeed with denim playclothes. One pair is a bare-back thong …

3 In the 1960s and early 1970s in the New York metropolitan area, people did refer to the shoes as thongs. It was from the early to mid-1970s that the transition to the term "flip-flops" started to take …

Feb 7, 2018 · To use or wear (something, esp. a new pair of shoes) in order to make more flexible, comfortable, easy to use, etc. 1852Upon the plantation I have a negro whose peculiar function is, to …

Jun 13, 2014 · A type of shoe which allows the foot to slide into without the need for buckles or laces is typically called a mule. The mule sandal has recently made a sort of comeback especially among …

3 Does she also complain that your pair of shoes don't match your pair of pants? Or that your pair of socks need to be darned? Just as we needn't refer to the above using pair of, there's nothing wrong …

Trade-Mark for boots, shoes, slippers, rubbers, sandals, and analogous foot-wear. 2. a. Chiefly Brit. Forming the names of types of popular (esp. dance) music which revive earlier styles, typically …

To me, flip-flop either triggers thoughts of beach sandals or tergiversation.Some universities have what they call a semester-at-sea,intended to take students to a faraway land, presumably inspired by the …

Jul 4, 2011 · They are also known as trainers (British English), sandshoes, gym boots or joggers (Australian English), running shoes, runners or gutties (Canadian English, Australian English, …

Not a daft question, as English sometimes has rules (or perhaps they'd be better called conventions) as to which other 'rule' to break when it's almost impossible (or very inconvenient) not to. However, …