Definition of brothel creepers in English:
brothel creepers
plural nounˈbrɒθəl kriːpəzˈbrɑːθəl ˌkripərz
informal Soft-soled suede shoes.
I took to wearing baggy suits and brothel creepers
Example sentencesExamples
- This was in the mid-seventies when the sight of brothel creepers, fluorescent socks, drape coats and drainpipe trousers was as outrageous as seeing a man ride down the street on a penny farthing.
- It is a decade since a newspaper devoted its front page to a giant photograph of Kenneth Clarke's trademark brothel creepers and asked: ‘Who can fill these shoes?’
- When it comes to wreath laying he shambles up in his brothel creepers and plonks it down like a poor old codger putting the empties out and totters back to resume his monkeyhouse act at the Proprietor's shoulder.
Definition of brothel creepers in US English:
brothel creepers
plural nounˈbräːTHəl ˌkrēpərzˈbrɑːθəl ˌkripərz
informal Soft-soled suede shoes.
I took to wearing baggy suits and brothel creepers
Example sentencesExamples
- This was in the mid-seventies when the sight of brothel creepers, fluorescent socks, drape coats and drainpipe trousers was as outrageous as seeing a man ride down the street on a penny farthing.
- When it comes to wreath laying he shambles up in his brothel creepers and plonks it down like a poor old codger putting the empties out and totters back to resume his monkeyhouse act at the Proprietor's shoulder.
- It is a decade since a newspaper devoted its front page to a giant photograph of Kenneth Clarke's trademark brothel creepers and asked: ‘Who can fill these shoes?’