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plimsoll

noun
🔊/ˈplɪmsəl/, 🔊/ˈplɪmsəʊl/
🔊/ˈplɪmsəl/, 🔊/ˈplɪmsəʊl/
(also pump)
(also old-fashioned gym shoe)
(all British English)
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  1. a light simple sports shoe made of canvas (= strong cotton cloth) with a rubber sole橡胶底帆布鞋；体操鞋
    • a pair of plimsolls一双体操鞋
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: probably from the resemblance of the side of the sole to a Plimsoll line.