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trabs

British  
/ træbz /

plural noun

  1. dialect training shoes

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Pharisaeo en optica trabs est, Ipsum, vera loquor, qua videt ille nihil.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

This wasn't pleasant; but when the Division bell rang, TAY PAY had the satisfaction of walking, alone amongst his Party, with the Gentlemen of England, triumphantly vindicating the rights of carriage-folk against tramway trabs.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 16, 1891 by Various

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