Definition of "zori" []

• A flat sandal with thongs, usually made of straw or leather. (noun)

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• "Each evening, before retiring, the careful wife sees that a hocho, or kitchen knife, is laid upon the kitchen floor, and covered with a kanadarai, or brazen wash - basin, on the upturned bottom of which is placed a single straw sandal, of the noiseless sort called zori, also turned upside down."
• "Moments later an ancient Rolls-Royce pulls up front and a bride dressed in a extravagantly decorated Shinto wedding dress climbs out and steps slowly through the lobby, carefully balanced on her wooden zori."
• "Da Kine hapa Prez talk good story and wear zori slipper like a good local boy."