wafflestompers

[wof-uh l-stom-perz] /ˈwɒf əlˌstɒm pərz/

Word Origin

plural noun

ankle boots with ridged soles, used especially for hiking.

Origin of wafflestompers

1970-1975

1970-75, Americanism; waffle¹ + stomper + -s³

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Slang definitions & phrases for waffle-stompers

waffle-stompers

noun

Heavy hiking boots; shitkickers

[1970s+; fr the pattern of the soles, which make a wafflelike print]

The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.
Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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