Definitions
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- adjective Without a heel.
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- adjective Without a
heel .Shoes that have a flatsole .
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Examples
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They all wore a kind of heelless velvet slipper, very common as a dress shoe in the Philippines, or high-heeled patent leather shoes with neatly fitting black stockings.
An Epoch in History P. H. Eley
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Suddenly the French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy wafted in, dressed in black and trailing a cloud of cologne and his mistress, Daphne Guinness, who was wearing a revealing black cat suit and heelless Alexander McQueen platform shoes...
Beth Arnold: Letter From Paris: The Face of Dominique Strauss-Kahn Beth Arnold 2011
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In the Zarbia souk men in flowing jalabas hawk carpets, pouffes, babouches the popular heelless leather slippers and brocades.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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In the Zarbia souk men in flowing jalabas hawk carpets, pouffes, babouches the popular heelless leather slippers and brocades.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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In the Zarbia souk men in flowing jalabas hawk carpets, pouffes, babouches the popular heelless leather slippers and brocades.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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In the Zarbia souk men in flowing jalabas hawk carpets, pouffes, babouches the popular heelless leather slippers and brocades.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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Beside this table, on the wooden chair, sat Dr. Grimesby Roylott clad in a long gray dressing-gown, his bare ankles protruding beneath, and his feet thrust into red heelless Turkish slippers.
Sole Music 2010
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His vocab. word yesterday was "moccasin" (no idea why), which is technically a 'heelless slipper made of comfy leather'.
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For instance, Mr. Koda saw Mr. Blahnik's heelless "Bhutan" pump from spring/summer 2006 as a subtle homage to footwear designer Roger Vivier, as well as a nod to the "Lotus" shoe used in Chinese foot-binding.
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The old peer took several somewhat hampered steps, and she noticed that his red slippers were heelless.
The Silver Spoon 2004
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