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rubber-soled shoe

noun as in sneaker

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“From that inspiration, the whole rubber-soled shoe business really developed.”

The boom was fueled by a series of fitness crazes, beginning with “pedestrian fever” in the mid-19th century, when spectators filled New York City’s Madison Square Garden to watch a six-day walking race; followed shortly thereafter by the vogue for croquet, the first sport to necessitate a rubber-soled shoe; “sidewalk surfing,” better known as skateboarding, in the 1960s; jogging in the 1970s; aerobics in the 1980s; and “cross-training” in the 1990s.

Two years later, while rushing to move her car, she caught her rubber-soled shoe on a slight bump in the pavement, fell and broke her hip.

Two years later, while rushing to move her car, she caught her rubber-soled shoe on a slight bump in the pavement, fell and broke her hip.

Or use a rubber-soled shoe in a light color and “rub that mark out.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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