Etymology

weejun

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Today it means: A kind of loafer having a strip of leather across the saddle with a diamond cut-out. Full definition →

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The story

Originally a brand name Weejun, from clipping of Norwegian. Introduced in 1934 by Maine bootmaker G. H. Bass.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.