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Definition of Espadrilles
1. espadrille [n] - See also: espadrille
Lexicographical Neighbors of Espadrilles
Literary usage of Espadrilles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1893)
"... a short blue jacket of the cotton material from which blouses are made, a
straw hat, and espadrilles, into which he put his bare feet. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... cigarette-pacer, barrels, bricks, woollen and other cloths, and " espadrilles " (a
land of shoe made of coarse cloth with esparto coles). ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1885)
"... espadrilles—heelless shoes with soles of hemp, common in Lower Gascony, and
especially in the Basque country. Her sons had thrown off a great deal of ..."
4. South-western France by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1890)
"The town has still a certain celebrity . for its admirable manufacture of
sabots (Lemot) and espadrilles ..."
5. South-western France by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1890)
"The town has still a certain celebrity for its admirable manufacture of sabots (Lemot)
and espadrilles ..."
6. From the Gulf to Ararat: An Expedition Through Mesopotamia and Kurdistan by Gilbert Ernest Hubbard (1917)
"For footgear they wore the regular country givas—a soft cloth shoe not unlike
the espadrilles which the Basques wear, and the best thing in the world for ..."
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