Friday 6th May 2016
Wafflestompers \ [wof-uh l-stom-perz]
plural noun
1. ankle boots with ridged soles, used especially for hiking.
Quote
She tried to remember the kind of shoes Carol Stewart had been wearing.
Wafflestompers, weren't they? Leather and Gore-tex uppers, Vasques, that was
the label on the tongue. Decent brand, readily available at REI, characteristic choice
of the urban hiker.
Dana Stabenow, Breakup 1997
Origin
Wafflestompers is an Americanism from the 1970’s.
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