weejun

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UK/ˈwiː.d͡ʒən/

noun

A kind of loafer having a strip of leather across the saddle with a diamond cut-out.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounweejun (plural weejuns)

plural weejuns

  1. in pluralA kind of loafer having a strip of leather across the saddle with a diamond cut-out.

    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, 1900 to the Present, page 279
    1 more example

    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 Dunhill lighter.

    1980 April 19, Cindy Rizzo, Maxine Feldman, “Give Me That Ol' Lesbianism!”, in Gay Community News, page 8

Origin

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

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Cite this entry
APA

weejun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weejun

MLA

“weejun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weejun. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weejun,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weejun.

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