Citations:Jesus boots

English citations of Jesus boots

Noun: "(slang) sandals"

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• 1971 — Pat Boone, A Miracle Saved My Family, Oliphants (1971), →ISBN page 184:

  Why, they even wear what they call "Jesus boots," sandals like they imagine He wore 2000 years ago!

• 2001 — Kinky Friedman, Steppin' on a Rainbow, Simon & Schuster (2002), →ISBN, page 127:

  He was wearing a bright aloha shirt, khaki shorts, Jesus boots, and mirrored sky-shooters, and he was carrying a medium-sized, seriously businesslike suitcase.

• 2004 — Richard Laymon, The Lake, Leisure Books (2005), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  "She had a brother, Ben. Now, he was a real hippie. Long hair, beard, wild shirts, Jesus boots. Into the Beatles. The works."

• 2005 — Tony Bramwell (with Rosemary Kingsland), Magical Mystery Tours: My Life with the Beatles, Thomas Dunne Books (2005), →ISBN, page 258:

  James Taylor was dressed in Levis, a black shirt and Greek car-tire-sole versions of the usual Jesus boots.

• 2007 — Tony Ridley, Torn, AuthorHouse (2007), →ISBN, page 90:

  "I'll leave me Jesus boots here as well," Antony said taking off his leather sandals.