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flip-flops

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  1. flip-flopsnoun

    casual footwear which are held in place around the front of the foot and are so named because of the sound they make slapping against the sole of the foot as the wearer walks

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  1. Flip-flops

    Flip-flops are a type of light sandal, typically worn as a form of casual footwear. They consist of a flat sole held loosely on the foot by a Y-shaped strap known as a toe thong that passes between the first and second toes and around both sides of the foot or can be a rigid base with a strap across all the toes. This style of footwear has been worn by the people of many cultures throughout the world, originating as early as the ancient Egyptians in 1,500 B.C. In the United States the flip-flop has been popularized from the Japanese zōri, after World War II as soldiers brought them back from Japan. They became a prominent unisex summer footwear starting in the 1960s.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of flip-flops in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of flip-flops in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of flip-flops in a Sentence

  1. John Kasich:

    We're going to be changing some snowshoes for some flip-flops and we're going to go from fried clams to jambalaya.

  2. Erin Smith:

    Our founder Julie Church back in the 90s discovered an entire beach... was just covered in flip flops, what she saw were not just dead fish that had been trying to eat in their natural habitat, but turtles unable to come up on to land and actually hatch.

  3. Emily Benavides:

    After voting for the poison pill amendment that stopped immigration reform in its tracks as a senator, and saying she believed the unaccompanied minors 'should be sent back' to their home countries last year, she is now running further to the left on immigration policy than even President Obama's White House believes is legally feasible, hillary Clinton will say anything to get elected and her numerous flip-flops on immigration prove it.

  4. Emily Benavides:

    Hillary Clinton will say anything to get elected and her numerous flip-flops on immigration prove it.

  5. Yet Wang:

    We've experienced many flip-flops ... and I don't entirely believe him.


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