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sôler

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See also: soler

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French souler.

Noun

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sôler m (plural sôlers)

  1. (Guernsey) shoe
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 519:
      I' prend les cauches pour les sôlers.
      He mistakes the stockings for the shoes.
    • 2006, Marie de Garis, “La Julie et la Princesse”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 32:
      Mais quànd i vit les sôlers, i die, ‘Absolument, tu t'en va pas t'mourtaï atour des sôlers d'mesme!’
      But when he saw the shoes, he said, ‘Surely you're not going to show yourself in shoes like that!’