Doc Martens

/ dɒk ˈmɑːtənz /

plural noun

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

Example Sentences

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.

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In a panic, I threw away my Doc Martens, my fabric carry-on and my Everlane backpack.

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One more thing has changed: For most of the band’s career, Mehrtens spelled his last name as “Martens,” partly for simplicity’s sake but also because he wore Doc Martens boots.

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“She was the black lipstick, black T-shirt, Doc Martens girl with the glow-in-the-dark nail polish,” May remembers.

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Nuño contrasts his relationships with Black neighbors with the perspective of classmates at Garfield High in East Los Angeles, where he was bused: “I was mocked for wearing Timberlands instead of Doc Martens, and for talking ‘Black.’”

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