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Birkenstock

Pronunciation: /ˈbəːk(ə)nstɒk/
Definition of Birkenstock

noun

trademark
  • a type of shoe or sandal with a contoured cork-filled sole and a thick leather upper.
  • [as modifier] denoting people concerned with political correctness or Green issues:homebuilders are no longer content to leave environmentalism to the Birkenstock crowd

Origin:

1970s: from the name of the manufacturer

Birkenstock in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Birkenstock in the US English dictionary
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