tenniesn.
/ˈtɛnɪz/ U.S. colloquial.
With plural agreement. Tennis shoes.
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1969 Rolling Stone 28 June 19/3 Electric guitarist James Burton, replete in white turtleneck and matching ‘tennies’, puts together a lead.
1976 T. Gifford Cavanaugh Quest (1977) i. 17 Margaret, one of the cleaning ladies, got out in her green smock and blue shorts... Her costume was completed with blue tennies.
1980 Outdoor Life (U.S.) Oct. (Northeast ed.) 63/3 This is good-boot country, so leave your tennies home.
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n.1969- kick off
- kick on
- kick one's heels
- kick or strike the beam
- kick out
- kick out on etc ass
- kick out on her ass
- kick out on his ass
- kick over the traces
- kick serve
- kick seven bells out of a person
- kick someone out on etc ass
- kick someone out on her ass
- kick someone out on his ass
- kick someone upstairs
- kick something under the rug
- kick start
- kick the bucket
- kick the can down the road
- kick the can down the street
- kick the hindsight out or off
- kick the tyres
- kick the wind or clouds
- kick under the rug
- kick up