tsarouchi
tsarouchi noun: traditional Greek leather shoe with pompom, now worn only by the evzonoi.
Noun
tsarouchi (plural tsarouchis or tsarouchi)
- Traditional Greek leather shoe with pompom, now worn only by the evzonoi.
- His trousers, patched like his coat, dropped over a pair of scarlet charouhias, leather shoes with upturned toes decorated with a large black-and-white pompon.1956, Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals, Penguin, page 47
- Here the struggle of Greece is fought with half a tsarouchi (the distinctive pompommed clogs worn by mountain fighters), rags, a loaf of bread, a handful of corn, and with home-made guns, axes, and poles."1977, Linda Suny Myrsiades, “Greek Resistance Theatre in World War II”, in The Drama Review: TDR, volume 21, number 1, page 102
Forms of tsarouchi
| plural | tsarouchis |
|---|---|
| plural | tsarouchi |
Origin of tsarouchi
From Greek τσαρούχι (tsaroúchi).
Questions about tsarouchi
- What does tsarouchi mean?
- Tsarouchi means traditional Greek leather shoe with pompom, now worn only by the evzonoi.
- What part of speech is tsarouchi?
- Tsarouchi is a noun.
- What is the plural of tsarouchi?
- The plural of tsarouchi is tsarouchis.
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