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elastic-sides

elastic-sides is the alternative form of elastic sides.

Meaning of elastic sides

Noun

elastic sides pl (plural only)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, plural, plural-only) Slip-on boots similar to riding boots with a piece of elastic set into the ankles.
    • But Mary preferred to sit quietly on the beach. "The dressing and undressing is such a trouble," said she. As it was, one of her elastic-sides was full of sand.1917, Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix, Raleigh, NC: Hayes Barton Press, Part IV, Chapter I, p. 247

Questions about elastic-sides

What is elastic-sides the alternative form of?
Elastic-sides is the alternative form of elastic sides.

Words near elastic-sides in the dictionary

  1. elastic limit
  2. elastic limits
  3. elastic recovery
  4. elastic sides
  5. elastic-sided
  6. elastic-sides
  7. elastica
  8. elastical
  9. elastically
  10. elasticas
  11. elasticate

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