espadrilles and huaraches
Neither John's tawdry ratteen espadrille with baize languet nor Frank's coruscating huarache did not protect their feet as they trudged the snowy sward to the c-store.
- tawdry: adj. 1. Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance. See synonyms at gaudy1. 2. Shameful or indecent: tawdry secrets. |n. Cheap and gaudy finery. [From tawdry lace, lace necktie, alteration of Saint Audrey's lace (sold at the annual Saint Audrey's fair, Ely, England), after Saint Audrey (Saint Etheldreda), queen of Northumbria, who died in 679 of a throat tumor, supposedly because she delighted in fancy necklaces as a young woman.]
- ratteen: Archaic A thick, twilled woolen cloth.
- espadrille: A shoe usually having a fabric upper part and a sole made of a flexible material, such as rope or rubber.
- baize: An often bright-green cotton or woolen material napped to imitate felt and used chiefly as a cover for gaming tables.
- languet: One that functions or is shaped like a tongue.
- coruscate: 1. To give forth flashes of light; sparkle and glitter: diamonds coruscating in the candlelight. 2. To exhibit sparkling virtuosity: a flutist whose music coruscated throughout the concert hall.
- huarache: A flat-heeled sandal with an upper of woven leather strips.
- sward: 1. Land covered with grassy turf. 2. A lawn or meadow.
- c-store: A convenience store.
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