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36: 1680: 233: 135: 185: 200:. Regional terms are common: In Northern Ireland and Scotland, they may be known as "gutties"; "sannies" (from 'sand shoe') is used in Scotland. In parts of Edinburgh and Midlothian, they are known as "rubbers" or "gym rubbers", owing to their rubber soles and the need to wear them in the school gym hall. In London, the 256:(白飯魚). A pair typically cost around $ 15 HKD (around $ 2 USD) and was the designated gym class shoe in school. However, due to the canvas being thin and thus unable to protect the ankles and lacking support for the foot arch, plimsolls were eventually phased out and replaced by more sturdy sneakers 216:
and Wales, they are known as "daps". There is a widespread belief that "daps" is taken from a factory sign—"Dunlop Athletic Plimsoles", which was called "the DAP factory". However, this seems unlikely, as the first citation in the
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The shoe originated in the United Kingdom, there called a "sand shoe", acquiring the nickname "plimsoll" in the 1870s. This name arose, according to Nicholette Jones's book
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newspaper; Dunlop did not acquire the Liverpool Rubber Company (as part of the merger with the Macintosh group of companies) until 1925.
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on a ship's hull, or because, just like the line on a ship, if water got above the line of the rubber sole, the wearer would get wet.
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of "dap" for a rubber-soled shoe is a March 1924 use in the
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In the UK, plimsolls are commonly worn for school indoor
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design, using a CVO (circular vamp Oxford) design/style
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A pair of white plimsolls labeled as "tennis shoes"
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