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Meanings of slipper in English

Russian
тапка
Portuguese
pantufa
Spanish
pantufla
Catalan
plantofa
Wikidata

Light footwear made for indoor wear, generally without means of fastening.

тапка
Portuguese
chinelo
Catalan
sabatilla

Low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors.

chinelo

A person who slips or slides because of loss of traction.

A low shoe that can be slipped on and off easily and is usually worn indoors.

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Examples for "slider"
Examples for "slider"
1
Each time, the NY Times probability slider gained a little more red.
Climbing Magazine
2
Eaton tied the score in the fifth when Verlander hung a slider.
The Guardian
3
His fastball cracks the upper-90s and his slider's only a slightly slower.
NY Magazine
4
It can act as a slider pad or spotting shield as well.
Climbing Magazine
5
Pool slider angst Desperate to do it, but thwarted by the weather.
The Guardian
1
In the South a complicated machine called a steam skidder, Fig.
Handwork in Wood
2
WITH the purchase of a second skidder, the men now worked on two fronts.
Serena
3
Between bites of sandwiches, they discussed whether buying a second hi-lead skidder would be worth the extra cost.
Serena
4
I need to get that second skidder up and running Sunday morning, but I could join you in the afternoon.
Serena
5
There had been no insurance, other than what Stanchfield had been obliged to carry on his Jimmy and his skidder.
Bag of Bones
Usage of slipper in English
1
Outside in the middle of the street he found her other slipper.
The Day of the Beast
2
He tried the glass slipper on the foot of the second daughter.
Story Hour Readers — Book Three
3
Yes; the buckle on this slipper needs to be more securely fastened.
Mona; Or, The Secret of a Royal Mirror
4
The white satin slipper stopped its regular tattoo on the rugged floor.
The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
5
At once the little glass slipper was fitted to the tiny foot.
The Beacon Second Reader
6
Natasha settled on a silken slipper chair near the room's second fireplace.
The Heiresses
7
I may be the Cinderella to put on the slipper after all.
North and South
8
Eg-Anteouen, in the same squatting position, kept on patching his old slipper.
Atlantida
9
One protruded from her skirt, and a slipper dangled from the tip.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel
10
Siegmund put on his slipper, and began to unlace the other boot.
The Trespasser
11
He climbed down and helped me get off my slipper and stocking.
The Price She Paid
12
The Sensa is a classic slipper design with a flexible, flat sole.
Climbing Magazine
13
Marna looked at the tip of her slipper for a moment, reflectively.
The Precipice: A Novel
14
She straightens up, her cheeks flushed, a velvet slipper in her hand.
Wolf hall
15
A little slipper of Annie's lay on the floor by the bed.
Saxe Holm's Stories / First Series
16
White satin slipper slides from his sleeve and falls at his feet.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
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Slipper through the time
Slipper across language varieties
Australia
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common