wingtip
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈwɪŋˌtɪp/
:
zapato de punta alada
- Claire has no idea how to react to Melanie's younger husband, the one with work boots instead of wingtip shoes.
- wingtip shoes
- polished wingtips
- black wingtip
Examples
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His shiny wingtip shoes scraped grit into my eyes.
Fiction book (2001) -
When I first met him, he was wearing... a brown corduroy jacket with elbow patches and wingtip shoes.
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And shined wingtip shoes to see yourself in.
Fiction book (1991) -
You know, for a quality shoe, you can't beat a good wingtip.
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Gideon is dressed in a white suit and wearing a pair of well-polished wingtip shoes.
Fiction book (1990) -
Water was sliding down his black raincoat and puddling in his wingtip shoes.
Fiction book (1996) -
His black wingtips were brightly polished but rounded at the soles and heels.
Fiction book (1998) -
Two more suits, of a heavier fabric, hung in their bag on the closet door, and a pair of polished black wingtips were waiting to replace the snakeskin loafers he wore in California.
Fiction book (1995) -
Starling comes in to find several men awaiting her, all balanced on Florsheim wingtips and tasseled Thom McAn loafers.
Fiction book (2001) -
He wore a pair of classic brown wingtip shoes to the formal dinner.
Synonyms
1
5.6
A shoe with a pointed toe and decoration on the front that looks like a W
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wingtip for the shoe comes from the decoration on the toe that looks like a bird's spread wing meeting at a tip, often with small holes or stitching. So a wingtip shoe is named after that wing-shaped 'tip' at the front.