pampootie

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæmˈpuːti/
• Rhymes: -uːti

Noun

pampootie (plural pampooties)

1. A traditional shoe, formerly made and worn on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Ireland, consisting of a single piece of untanned hide folded around the foot and stitched with twine or a leather strap.
   • 1907, J. M. Synge, The Aran Islands, Part I:

     [T]hey showed me holes in their own pampooties, or cowskin sandals, and asked me the price of new ones.

   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 9]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

     Quickly, warningfully Buck Mulligan bent down […] "He heard you pissed on his halldoor in Glasthule. He's out in pampooties to murder you."

   • 1955, J P Donleavy, The Ginger Man, published 1955 (France), page 275:

     Sebastian sat on the window sill. Tony leaning against the stove, grinning over his folded arms, a pair of pampooties on his crossed feet.

Translations

traditional shoe

• Irish: bróg úrleathair f