slipper

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Trees grow gracefully upward and outward. the baby that will fill this slipper will be a grown woman, making her mark on the world, making her own life.

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

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  • More like a slipper than a shoe - Surprisingly lightweight and supple, this shoe is as comfortable as a slipper right out of the box. —  Zappos.com: new styles
  • Trees grow gracefully upward and outward. the baby that will fill this slipper will be a grown woman, making her mark on the world, making her own life. —  Yummy Yarn
  • It has an indoor and outdoor sole on it so it can be worn strictly inside as a slipper or you can wear it outdoors as a shoe. —  BOOMER 2.0
  • Slipper is a furry brown bear slipper, and Rabbit is a floppy-eared rabbit in a flower-patterned shirt. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • She recounts how, while reading an old book with the story of "Cinderella," she paused at the word "glass," waiting for her son to fill in the word "slipper" ---- and he said "of milk." —  Autism Hub
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  1. from Middle English slipper, sliper, from Anglo-Saxon *slipor, slipur (= Middle Low German slipper), slippery, from slīpan, slūpan, slip: see slip. Cf. slippery.
  2. So called from being easily slipped on; from slip, v., + -er. Cf. slipshoe.
  3. from slip, v., + -er.
 

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