weejun
UK/ˈwiː.d͡ʒən/
weejun noun: a kind of loafer having a strip of leather across the saddle with a diamond cut-out.
Noun
weejun (plural weejuns)
- A kind of loafer having a strip of leather across the saddle with a diamond cut-out.
- 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.1980 April 19, Cindy Rizzo, Maxine Feldman, “Give Me That Ol' Lesbianism!”, in Gay Community News, page 8
- Moccasins or weejuns were new options for casual footwear, along with canvas athletic shoes.2008, Amy T. Peterson, Valerie Hewitt, Heather Vaughan Lee, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing through American History, 1900 to the Present, page 279
Forms of weejun
| plural | weejuns |
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Origin of weejun
Originally a brand name Weejun, from clipping of Norwegian. Introduced in 1934 by Maine bootmaker G. H. Bass.
Words that rhyme with weejun
Questions about weejun
- What does weejun mean?
- Weejun means a kind of loafer having a strip of leather across the saddle with a diamond cut-out.
- What part of speech is weejun?
- Weejun is a noun.
- How do you pronounce weejun?
- Weejun is pronounced /ˈwiː.d͡ʒən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of weejun?
- The plural of weejun is weejuns.
Words near weejun in the dictionary
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