Tenny Runners (tennis shoes) (1965)

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Fri Sep 22 18:50:21 UTC 2006


On Sep 22, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Ron Butters wrote:

> The guy next to me at this computer is wearing plimpsoles, I'm
> pretty sure.

plimsolls.  a.k.a. plimmies.  definitely british.  though it's
reached australia, my ozzie son-in-law reports -- though it's awfully
awfully brit-oz.  he mostly uses "runners".

arnold

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