desert boots
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
By the second week, I too was wearing a long scarf, baggy khaki drills, the soft desert boots that were called brothel-creepers, and carrying an armful of books by Ezra Pound.
From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2020
She finally found another pair of newer, sturdier desert boots and took those.
From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2019
Adidas Clarks desert boots, which became a thing because they’re the easiest way to surgically upgrade your style: British Army wear.
From The Verge • May 22, 2018
Most were in camouflage gear and khaki desert boots.
From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2018
Ignatius limped around Mr. Clyde to illustrate, his desert boots scuffing along the oily cement.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
