ballet slipper
Americannoun
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a heelless cloth or leather slipper worn by ballet dancers.
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a woman's shoe similar in form.
Example Sentences
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Attached just so, winding up the ankle like a vine, tied expertly on the inside of the leg — to me, nothing completed a ballet slipper like a ribbon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
It is described as a floribunda which produces masses of white blooms with a subtle "ballet slipper pink" centre.
From BBC ● May 25, 2022
In 1914, the dancer Vaslav Nijinsky signed the insole of a cream-colored leather ballet slipper that he had barely worn.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2019
It was hard not to notice the pink takeover at this year’s Oscars, with shades from ballet slipper to deep fuchsia clashing magnificently with the red carpet.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2019
If she drew this feeling, it would be softly flowing waves the color of a delicate pink ballet slipper.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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