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Sprung loafers
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The narrator in a book describes what's going on on a bus: The boy’s eyes most often found the man across the aisle, a slick-haired sales type in a wrinkled suit and sprung loafers.
--- Does it mean that he looked like a salesman?
--- I know that loafers are shoes, but I'm not sure about the meaning of the word "sprung"?
The narrator in a book describes what's going on on a bus: The boy’s eyes most often found the man across the aisle, a slick-haired sales type in a wrinkled suit and sprung loafers.
--- Does it mean that he looked like a salesman?
--- I know that loafers are shoes, but I'm not sure about the meaning of the word "sprung"?
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Hi, The narrator in a book describes what's going on on a bus: The boy’s eyes most often found the man across the aisle, a slick-haired sales type in a wrinkled suit and sprung loafers . --- Does it mean that he looked like a salesman? Yes --- I know that loafers are shoes, but I'm not sure about the meaning of the word "sprung"?
- Hi, The narrator in a book describes what's going on on a bus: The boy’s eyes most often found the man across the aisle, a slick-haired sales type in a wrinkled suit and sprung loafers .
- --- Does it mean that he looked like a salesman?
- Yes --- I know that loafers are shoes, but I'm not sure about the meaning of the word "sprung"?
- This seems to be a form of old-fashioned slang that is not in use today.
- It probably means 'worn and broken-down'.
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Hi,
The narrator in a book describes what's going on on a bus: The boy’s eyes most often found the man across the aisle, a slick-haired sales type in a wrinkled suit and sprung loafers.
--- Does it mean that he looked like a salesman? Yes
--- I know that loafers are shoes, but I'm not sure about the meaning of the word "sprung"?
The narrator in a book describes what's going on on a bus: The boy’s eyes most often found the man across the aisle, a slick-haired sales type in a wrinkled suit and sprung loafers.
--- Does it mean that he looked like a salesman? Yes
--- I know that loafers are shoes, but I'm not sure about the meaning of the word "sprung"?
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