moon boot

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Noun

moon boot (plural moon boots)

  1. A type of footwear made popular in the 1970s, with a thin rubber outsole and no distinct left or right feet.
    • 2016, Jeff Payne, Rider (page 142)
      I looked around. Ari in a green jacket with four inches of fore arm showing and trousers at half mast, Penny and I in mismatched padded jackets and ski trousers which were way too long; and all wearing the silver moon boots that had been the rage in the early eighties.
  2. (Australia, informal) A large hard plastic covering, used to protect a broken foot or ankle while it heals.

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