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  • noun Plural form of slingback.

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Examples

  • Accessorize with mid-heeled slingbacks or strappy sandals.

    Ask Teri Teri Agins 2011

  • Ms. Palmer-Tomkinson paired her hat with long gloves and high-heeled peep-toe slingbacks that had edgy, studded detailing at their base.

    Daring to Wear the Statement Hat Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan 2011

  • Glen Tunstull Q: I am looking for a clutch or envelope-shape bag that would go with summer dresses that I wear with cork heels, brown slingbacks and cream shoes.

    Ask Teri Teri Agins 2011

  • You could hardly step out in public without noticing the white blaze of someone's impacted heel showing through her slingbacks; and over there, hailing a taxi, a woman with shimmering pressure marks where her pants cut into her gut; and behind her, beneath the awning of the flower shop, a man lit all over in a glory of leukemia.

    Book World: Keith Donohue reviews Kevin Brockmeier's novel 'The Illumination' 2011

  • One friend of mine has a closet full of second-hand designer shoes and boots—including a pair of Manolo Blahnik alligator slingbacks—all bought for between $100 and $350.

    Ask Teri Teri Agins 2011

  • My go-to warm-weather shoes are camel slingbacks and strappy bronze sandals that disappear on my feet in photographs; I love that effect.

    Ask Teri Teri Agins 2011

  • Having persuaded women that $575 is a reasonable sum for slingbacks, the top two executives of the Manolo Blahnik luxury shoe brand are now seeking to join the crème de la crème of the dairy world.

    Milk From Haute-Living Heifers 2011

  • Accessorize with mid-heeled slingbacks or strappy sandals.

    Ask Teri Teri Agins 2011

  • Having persuaded women that $575 is a reasonable sum for slingbacks, Mr. Malkemus, 57, and Mr. Yurgaitis, 66, are now seeking to join the crème de la crème of the dairy world.

    Well-Heeled Men Behind Manolos Try on Hooves for Size Rachel Dodes 2011

  • You could hardly step out in public without noticing the white blaze of someone's impacted heel showing through her slingbacks; and over there, hailing a taxi, a woman with shimmering pressure marks where her pants cut into her gut; and behind her, beneath the awning of the flower shop, a man lit all over in a glory of leukemia.

    Book World: Keith Donohue reviews Kevin Brockmeier's novel 'The Illumination' 2011

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