pantofle
Americannoun
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a slipper.
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a cork-soled patten covering the forepart of the foot, worn in the 16th century.
noun
Etymology
Origin of pantofle
First recorded in 1485–95; late Middle English pantaffle, pantouffle, from Middle French pantoufle; compare Old Italian pantofola, Provençal pantofla; further origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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If you cough, Jack, after your tobacco, for a punishment you shall kiss the pantofle.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various
Secondly, whereas you were wont to sweare men on a pantofle to bee true to your puissaunt order, you shall sweeare them on nothing but this Chronicle of the King of Pages henceforward.
From The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse by Gosse, Edmund
The parents went straight to the Cadi, and complained that they had found their child dead, and Casem's pantofle lying by it, upon which the Judge condemned him to pay a very heavy fine.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by Valentine, L. (Laura)
What pride equal unto his, making Kings kiss his pantofle?
From Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C, Volume 2 by Walton, Izaak
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