Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A slipper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A slipper for the foot.
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Examples
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And although she threatened to break his bow and arrows, to clip his wings, [4654] and whipped him besides on the bare buttocks with her pantofle, yet all would not serve, he was too headstrong and unruly.
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Cadi, and complained that they had found their child dead, and Casem's pantofle lying by it, upon which the Judge condemned him to pay a very heavy fine.
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What pride equal unto his, making Kings kiss his pantofle?
Lives of John Donne Henry Wotton Rich'd Hooker George Herbert etc Walton, Izaak 1898
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What pride equal unto his, making Kings kiss his pantofle?
Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C, Volume 2 Izaak Walton 1638
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