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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
plimsoll
 
SYLLABICATION:plim·soll
PRONUNCIATION:  plmsl, -sôl
VARIANT FORMS: also plim·sol or plim·sole (-sl)
NOUN: Chiefly British A rubber-soled cloth shoe; a sneaker.
ETYMOLOGY:Probably from the resemblance of its mudguard to a Plimsoll mark.
 
 
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