winkle-pickers

plural noun

1. shoes or boots with very pointed narrow toes, popular in the mid-20th century

Example Sentences

He wore a peach shirt under a baggy indigo sweater, black drainpipes, one of those studded belts that sags loose off your hips, and winkle-pickers with white tube socks, like everyone's wearing recently.

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Robert Plant Band Of Joy Decca Yes, Plant wears outrageous patent winkle-pickers, but there will be none of that bared chest lark of yore – rather, a thick woollen maritime sweater, for the temperature in the streets of Toronto has plunged past -20C.

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