flip-flop
Example Sentences
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“Oh, nothing. I was thinking that here we call flip-flops slippers.”
From Literature
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Just the faint pop of Rice Krispies, the breeze blowing the trees outside, and the flap of Mrs. Adler’s flip-flops as she moves around the kitchen.
From Literature
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Newsom had previously flip-flopped on this idea, first vowing to restore a state program that provided up to $7,500 to buy clean cars and then walking it back in September.
From Los Angeles Times
Self-proclaimed Parrot Heads—who still slap stickers on the building and leave flip-flops, salt shakers and other assorted memorabilia outside as a shrine to sunny good times—want instead to memorialize the studio forever.
Business meetings are held in shorts and flip-flops.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.