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slipperlike

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slip⋅per

1  [slip-er]
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–noun
1. any light, low-cut shoe into which the foot may be easily slipped, for casual wear in the home, for dancing, etc. Compare bedroom slipper, house slipper.
–verb (used with object)
2. to strike or beat with a slipper.
Origin:
1470–80; slip 1 + -er 1

Related forms:
slip⋅per⋅like, adjective
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Word Origin & History

slipper 
type of footwear, 1478, from slip (v.), the notion being of a shoe that is "slipped" onto the foot.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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