tackies

British  

/ ˈtækɪz /

plural noun

1. informal tennis shoes or plimsolls

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Etymology

Origin of tackies

C20: probably from _tacky ¹ , with reference to their nonslip rubber soles

Example Sentences

All his time, as well as the modest fortune left him by his wife who was dead, was devoted to the work of improving and elevating the Tackies; and he never permitted himself to doubt for an instant that reasonable success was crowning his efforts.

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I reckon maybe you ain't used to seein' piny-woods Tackies.

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The draft animals are usually small oxen or ponies, called "salt marsh tackies," as they are left to pick their living from the marshes.

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Browsing on the salty marsh grass, Barrel-ribbed and blowsy-bellied, With a neigh as shrill as whistles And their mouths red-raw from thistles, I have seen the brown marsh tackies, Hiding in the swamps at Kiawah, With the gray mosquito patches Gory on their shaggy thatches.

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It was diverting to see how they would come staving upon their tackies; belted round with their powderhorns and shotbags, with rifles in hand, and their humble homespun streaming in the air.

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