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plim·soll  audio  (plmsl, -sôl) KEY  also plim·sol or plim·sole  (-sl) KEY 

NOUN:
Chiefly British
A rubber-soled cloth shoe; a sneaker.
ETYMOLOGY:
Probably from the resemblance of its mudguard to a Plimsoll mark


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