valenkin.
/ˈvalənki/ With plural agreement. Felt boots of a type worn by Russians.
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1943 E. M. Almedingen Frossia v. 201 Maria Nikolævna sat shivering,..her feet thrust into ‘valenky’ with many holes in them.
1951 ‘A. Garve’ Murder in Moscow xiii. 120 I must have appeared indigenous enough in my fur hat and shuba and felt valinki.
1969 P. Chavchavadze tr. S. Alliluyeva Only One Year 247 All of them had to get used to Russian frosts, to valenki (knee-high felt boots) and fur caps—poor unhappy birds of passage.
1975 Country Life 30 Oct. 1194/2 Turkish-style ‘Valenki’ embroidered apres ski boot £29·95.
1981 M. C. Smith Gorky Park i. viii. 107 The girl..dressed in..the kind of felt boots called valenki.
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