Definitions
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- noun A
Turkish orMoroccan slipper having noheel
Etymologies
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Examples
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You even get your own djellaba robe and babouche slippers to take home with you.
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You even get your own djellaba robe and babouche slippers to take home with you.
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Every detail — from the gently curved structure of the building to the babouche rack, where guests shed their shoes for brightly colored slippers — was masterminded by the designer.
Matali Crasset Lanie Goodman 2010
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Later in Marrakesh, we found that the locals considered this joke a versatile one - babouche slippers were "Berber Adidas" and a hand-spun lathe "Berber Black & Decker".
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Mopeds weaved in and out of the crowd and men in djellabas with the hoods pulled down, shuffled past with curly toed babouche sticking out.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
johnmperry commented on the word babouche
traditional Turkish heeled slipper of fabric or leather richly decorated with beads, threads and spangles and with a turned up, pointed toe.
a French version of the Arabic babuj, which in turn derives from the Persian papus, meaning foot covering
July 21, 2008