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Shoelaces, also called shoestrings (US English) or bootlaces (UK English), are a system commonly used to secure shoes, boots, and other footwear. They typically consist of a pair of strings or cords, one for each shoe, finished off at both ends with stiff sections, known as aglets .
Winklepickers or winkle pickers are a style of shoe or boot worn from the 1950s onward, especially popular with British rock and roll fans such as Teddy Boys. The feature that gives both the boot and shoe their name is the very sharp and long pointed toe, reminiscent of medieval poulaines and approximately the same as the long pointed toes on ...
Men's cap-toe Oxford shoe by Crockett & Jones. An Oxford shoe is a type of shoe characterized by shoelace eyelet tabs that are attached under the vamp, [1] a feature termed "closed lacing". [2]
Crossword-like puzzles, for example Double Diamond Puzzles, appeared in the magazine St. Nicholas, published since 1873. [32] Another crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890, in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica. It was designed by Giuseppe Airoldi and titled "Per passare il tempo" ("To pass the time"). Airoldi's ...
Plimsolls with elastic instead of laces A plimsoll , also spelled plimsole , [ 1 ] or pump [ 2 ] (also known as a gym shoe [ 2 ] [ 1 ] or a sandshoe [ 1 ] ), is a light sports shoe with a canvas upper and flat rubber sole .
Whereas "Crossword Puzzle" refers more specifically to the puzzle game which is the subject of this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.228.99.117 02:51, 22 April 2014 (UTC) Wikipedia:Moving a page discusses how you can proceed if you'd like. I think this will likely require discussion by editors interested in the matter.
A plain Derby shoe. A derby (UK: / ˈ d ɑːr b i / ⓘ DAR-bee, US: / ˈ d ɜːr b i / DUR-bee; also called gibson [1]) is a style of boot or shoe characterized by quarters, with shoelace eyelets, that are sewn on top of the vamp. [2]
Last month, the Signpost hosted a crossword, which can be found here. The answers to last month's crossword can be found at the following link – thank you all for playing! We have a new crossword for this month – once more, all of the answers have something to do with Wikipedia, though the clues may seem unrelated.