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topsider

topsider noun: a boat shoe.

Noun

topsider (plural topsiders)

  1. A boat shoe.
    • 15 other women got together and we all wore the dyke outfit of the sixties, which was topsiders or weejun loafers, cordoroy ^([sic]) pants, oxford cloth shirts, either a seersucker or a madras jacket, a pinky ring and a Dunhill lighter. And we all wore a skirt over our heads, sort of like a nun...1980 April 19, Cindy Rizzo, Maxine Feldman, “Give Me That Ol' Lesbianism!”, in Gay Community News, page 8

Forms of topsider

pluraltopsiders

Origin of topsider

topside + -er

Questions about topsider

What does topsider mean?
Topsider means a boat shoe.
What part of speech is topsider?
Topsider is a noun.
What is the plural of topsider?
The plural of topsider is topsiders.

Words near topsider in the dictionary

  1. topshur
  2. topshurs
  3. topside
  4. topside development
  5. topside-turvy
  6. topsider
  7. topsiders
  8. topsides
  9. topsite
  10. topsites
  11. topsman

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