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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A trademark for a soft leather or canvas shoe with a rubber sole.

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Examples

  • Dressed in classic New England attire of red-plaid shirt, khakis, and Sperry Top-Sider boating shoes sans socks, Mr. Enoksen, who started fishing scallops at age 11, described how global trade is rapidly transforming the industry.

    Scallops Ride to Rescue Jennifer Levitz 2011

  • Leisure-loving sixtysomethings clogged the palm-lined sidewalks and roadway nearly as far as the Sperry Top-Sider store, chatting in groups behind dark sunglasses, white teeth flashing.

    Death Race : Meet Romney's Base: Nouveau Retirees Death Race 2012

  • Leisure-loving sixtysomethings clogged the palm-lined sidewalks and roadway nearly as far as the Sperry Top-Sider store, chatting in groups behind dark sunglasses, white teeth flashing.

    Death Race : Meet Romney's Base: Nouveau Retirees Death Race 2012

  • Dressed in classic New England attire of red-plaid shirt, khakis, and Sperry Top-Sider boating shoes sans socks, Mr. Enoksen, who started fishing scallops at age 11, described how global trade is rapidly transforming the industry.

    Scallops Ride to Rescue Jennifer Levitz 2011

  • Sperry is now available at a wide range of retailers from department stores to marine and sporting goods chains, as well as our own Sperry Top-Sider stores, of which there are now five, and are specifically designed to bring the brand's new position to life for shoppers.

    How To Reinvigorate Old Brands 2010

  • Sperry Top-Sider Striper slip-on, $59.95 at www. zappos.com.

    Trend Report: Menswear must-haves from male fashion bloggers 2010

  • Sperry Top-Sider Tall Shearwater Boots, $178, jcrew.com

    Winter Warmers 2010

  • Sperry's Top-Sider Thongs are made with antimicrobial insoles for obvious reasons. $60 at eddiebauer. com.4.

    Style: No Socks, Sir 2008

  • Sperry's Top-Sider Thongs are made with antimicrobial insoles for obvious reasons. $60 at eddiebauer. com.4.

    TIP SHEET 2007

  • He reels off a list of brand names he spotted in his expert visual frisking of the store: Corbin, Cole Haan, Allen-Edmonds, Bass, Sperry Top-Sider.

    What Main Street Can Learn From the Mall 1995

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