| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| espadrille |
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| SYLLABICATION: | es·pa·drille |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   s p -dr l |
| NOUN: | A shoe usually having a fabric upper part and a sole made of a flexible material, such as rope or rubber. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Provençal espardilho, diminutive of espart, esparto, from Latin spartum. See esparto.
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