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Ho Chi Minh sandals
noun
slip-on sandals made from the treads of discarded tyres, designed and worn by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam war US, 1977- We crossed a wide cart-track and saw the prints of Ho Chi Minh sandals in the mud. — Martin Russ, Happy Hunting Ground, p. 160, 1968
- [G]oing through the gear, snatching up the silver belt buckles with the embossed star and the little pouches of smoke and the cash, the Ho Chi Minch tire-track sandals and letters from home[.] — Larry Heinemann, Close Quarters, p. 239, 1977
- He wore Ho Chi Minh sandals, khaki shorts and shirt and a pith helmet. — John Del Vecchio, The 13th Valley, p. 266, 1982
- [T]he only remedy for which was to pull the sufferer out of the field and make him wear flip-flops (a.k.a. Ho Chi Minh sandals) until his feet dried out. — David H. Hackworth, About Face, p. 477, 1989
- “For a pair of Ho Chi Minh sandals?” — Kregg Jorgenson, Very Crazy G.I., p. 224, 2001
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