shoesies

English

Etymology

From shoe +‎ -sies.

Noun

shoesies pl (plural only)

1. (childish) Shoes.
   • 1898 October 27, “The Road Rider”, in The Wheel and Cycling Trade Review, volume XXII, number 11 / 557, New York, N.Y., Chicago, Ill., section “Mud Larking”, page 32, column 1:

     Water from your cap brim splashes on your nose, / Water in your shoesies, ticklin’ of your toes, / Spurting down your backbone like a leaky drain— / Bathing like a hobo, riding in the rain!

   • 1910 December, Charlotte Sedgwick, “Judy’s Idea”, in St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks, volume XXXVIII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co.; London: Frederick Warne & Co., published 1911, page 153, column 2:

     And, girls, they were n’t even dressed warm—their toesies were almost out of their shoesies.

   • 1999, Nancy Holder, Up, Up, and Away, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 77:

     “Oh, look, here are my sunflower shoesies.” She held them up. They were sandals decorated at the toes with huge sunflowers. “Remember when we went to the day spa in the Other Realm? These are the shoesies I wore.”

   • 2009, Ron Ploof, “Trust and Faith”, in Read This First: The Executive’s Guide to New Media—From Blogs to Social Networks, New York, N.Y., Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 56:

     Here’s an example from one of these commercials: […] From the script: […] CHILD: (IN A SMALL WISTFUL VOICE) Did you bring me some new shoesies, Daddy? CLARK: Ummm … Daddy doesn’t have any money for shoesies these days … because the mean old grocers won’t stock Daddy’s foil.

   • 2010, Jonathan Lewis, Into Darkness, Arrow Books, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 233 and 241:

     ‘[…] Welcome. You’re soaked. Come in. Come in. Lucy will take your coat. And wet shoesies off, I think.’ Her handshake was bone-dry and feather-soft. The kind so cherished by the Vice Squad Gaffer. She did not acknowledge Suzy. And shoesies? Who says a word like that, these days? […] Mother helped him on with his shoesies and wet coat.