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Doctor Martens
Also Marten's, etc.
[f. the name of its inventor: see quot. 1977.]
A proprietary name for a type of heavy laced walking boot or shoe with a cushioned sole. Also Doc Martens.
1977Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 Mar. 599/1 Dr. Martens... Use claimed from the year 1965... 998,025 Soles for boots and for shoes. Ing. Herbert Funck and Klaus Maertens..Munchen-Pasing, Haidelweg 20, and Seeshaupt (Oberbayern), An der Ach, Federal Republic of Germany. 1978New Musical Express 3 June 54/2, I imagine the band felt well pleased driving home at three in the morning while all the non-sexist ladies were tucked up in bed with their Doctor Martins and old mens shirts. 1983N.Y. Times 11 Oct. c11/1 The new look is..everything in gray and black, with stiletto heels on girls and Doctor Marten's ankle boots on guys. 1984S. Townsend Growing Pains A. Mole 156 Today I drew some money out of my Building Society account, and bought my first pair of Doc Marten's. They are bully-boy brown and have got ten rows of lace holes. |