Zori
a j-panese sandal, often made of straw or rubber and consisting of a flat sole held on the foot by a thong p-ssing between the first and second toes.
n.
1823, from j-panese zori, from so “gr-ss, (rice) straw” + ri “footwear, sole.”
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