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footgear

footgear noun: sturdy footwear.

Noun

footgear (uncountable)

  1. Sturdy footwear.
    • It was rumored to be the haunt of grubby drunks, rubby-dubs we called them; they were said to drink rubbing alcohol and sleep in telephone booths and vomit on your shoes in the streetcar. But now it’s art galleries and bookshops, boutiques filled with black clothing and weird footgear, the...1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye

Origin of footgear

From foot + gear.

Questions about footgear

What does footgear mean?
Footgear means sturdy footwear.
What part of speech is footgear?
Footgear is a noun.

Words near footgear in the dictionary

  1. footfucks
  2. footful
  3. footfuls
  4. footganger
  5. footgangers
  6. footgear
  7. footgeld
  8. footglove
  9. footgloves
  10. footgoer
  11. footgoers

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