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house slipper

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noun

house slippers plural
  1. a slipper worn in the house or indoors, often distinguished from a bedroom slipper by having a back and heel.


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I began a quest for a house slipper that would let me feel barefoot yet protected.

From Slate May 14, 2020

In another spirit session, a house slipper was handed to Sarah as a joke.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

She drew off her thin satin house slipper painfully and dropped it unheedingly into a bunch of yucca that crowded against the rock.

From The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert by Morrow, Honoré

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