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desert boots

British  

plural noun

  1. ankle-high suede boots with laces and soft soles, worn informally by men and women

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She has walked about 1,800 miles in those brown desert boots.

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

Softly spoken and wearing desert boots with red, gold and green socks, Var grew up singing in church while being schooled in Marcus Garvey and black history.

From The Guardian • Mar. 9, 2017

Ignatius picked up one of his elephantine desert boots and flung it at the pirouetting figure.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole