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light in the sneakers

light in the sneakers is the alternative form of light in the loafers.

Meaning of light in the loafers

Adjective

light in the loafers (comparative more light in the loafers, superlative most light in the loafers)

  1. (derogatory, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang) Gay; homosexual.
    • Men of my group are either married or, as S.P. would say, ‘light in the loafers.’ Homosexuals, you'd call them.1980, Helen Van Slyke, No Love Lost, New York: Lippincott & Crowell, page 203
  2. (dated, derogatory, idiomatic, obsolete, slang) Crazy or eccentric.

Forms of light in the sneakers

comparativemore light in the sneakers
superlativemost light in the sneakers

Questions about light in the sneakers

What is light in the sneakers the alternative form of?
Light in the sneakers is the alternative form of light in the loafers.

Words near light in the sneakers in the dictionary

  1. light houses
  2. light hydrogen
  3. light icebreaker
  4. light icebreakers
  5. light in the loafers
  6. light in the sneakers
  7. light industries
  8. light industry
  9. light infantries
  10. light infantry
  11. light intensities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: light in the sneakers (page history and authors); light in the loafers (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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