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ˈTop-sider Also topsider. [f. topside n. + -er2.] A kind of casual shoe, freq. of canvas with a rubber sole. A proprietary term in the U.S.
1937Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 13 Apr. 261/1 Top-sider. For boots and shoes made of a combination of rubber or rubber substitute in combination with either fabric or leather or both. 1958S. A. Grau Hard Blue Sky (1959) 17 He waited perched on the railing picking the shells from the soles of his topsiders. 1968[see spandy a.]. 1977New Yorker 10 Oct. 121/1 Standing in Topsiders and white ducks. |