weejun
A kind of loafer having a strip of leather across the saddle with a diamond cut-out.
Noun
- A kind of loafer having a strip of leather across the saddle with a diamond cut-out.
- 15 other women got together and we all wore the dyke outfit of the sixties, which was topsiders or weejun loafers, cordoroy ^([sic]) pants, oxford cloth shirts, either a seersucker or a madras jacket, a pinky ring and a...
- Moccasins or weejuns were new options for casual footwear, along with canvas athletic shoes. - 2008, Amy T. Peterson, Valerie Hewitt, Heather Vaughan Lee, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing through American History,...
Origin
Originally a brand name, from Norwegian. Introduced in 1934 by Maine bootmaker G. H. Bass.