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Doc Martens

British  
/ dɒk ˈmɑːtənz /

plural noun

  1. In full: Doctor Martens.   DMs.  a brand of lace-up boots with thick lightweight resistant soles

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I, on the other hand, was a generally uncoordinated alterna-teen in Doc Martens whose greatest athletic achievements remain a single 10k and a losing high school tennis record.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2025

His short-cropped silvery hair slicked back, Springsteen wore a black button-snap shirt with short sleeves rolled up to show his still-taut pipes, dark jeans cuffed at the ankle and oxblood Doc Martens boots.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2023

A woman in a chocolate-colored parka with stiletto boots waits in the bathroom line with a girl of about 5 wearing teensy patent-leather Doc Martens and an equally wee Canada Goose puffer coat.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2023

I wore thick Dickies and my good pair of Doc Martens.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2023

She wore a bomber jacket and mud-starred Doc Martens with red laces.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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