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loafer

noun [C] (SHOE)
 
 
/ˈləʊ.fər/ US  /ˈloʊ.fɚ/ trademark

Definition

a type of leather shoe with a wide strip across the top, which a person's foot slides into, without any way of fastening it to the footShoes and shoemaking
(Definition of loafer noun (SHOE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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