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sandalwear

sandalwear noun: sandals (as a category of clothing).

Noun

sandalwear (uncountable)

  1. Sandals (as a category of clothing).
    • Fred Braun studied sandalwear through the ages, learned the craft in Germany and France before setting up his shop in New York.1953 March 8, The Cincinnati Pictorial Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, page 36
    • Smashing Through Spring with the Liveliest Looks in Sandalwear…Crafted of the Richest Leather and Selling at Sears Low Prices1968 January 17, Fort Lauderdale News, volume 58, number 93, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.: Gore Newspapers Company, page 4A

Examples of sandalwear in a sentence

  • Only superior sandalwear bears Rinaldi’s insignia—this example of his art and artistry cast in the sybaritic medium of jet silk, 32.00 Bonwit’s Designer Shoes, 700 White Plains Rd., Scarsdale1970 December 28, The Daily Argus, 79th year, number 228, Mount Vernon, N.Y., page 2:
  • Women’s sandalwear, according to McAndrews and Kahnk, is produced in three distinct styles.1971 July 6, Paul Critchlow, “And You Can Wiggle Your Toes”, in Omaha World-Herald, 106th year, number 249, Omaha, Neb., page 8:
  • Charge several pairs in Tango, Cocoa Creme and Toffee for summer sandalwear!1975 May 29, Dixon Evening Telegraph, 125th year, number 24, Dixon, Ill., page 11:
  • And distinctive upper styling adds the final touch to this outstanding sandalwear.1977 December 18, Daily News, volume 57, number 34, New York, N.Y.:

Origin of sandalwear

From sandal + -wear.

Questions about sandalwear

What does sandalwear mean?
Sandalwear means sandals (as a category of clothing).
How do you use sandalwear in a sentence?
Only superior sandalwear bears Rinaldi’s insignia—this example of his art and artistry cast in the sybaritic medium of jet silk, 32.00 Bonwit’s Designer Shoes, 700 White Plains Rd., Scarsdale
What part of speech is sandalwear?
Sandalwear is a noun.

Words near sandalwear in the dictionary

  1. sandallings
  2. Sandalls
  3. sandalore
  4. sandalpunk
  5. sandals
  6. sandalwear
  7. sandalwood
  8. Sandalwood English
  9. sandalwoods
  10. sandalwort
  11. sandalworts

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