brothel creeper

noun

A type of soft shoe with a crepe sole.

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Meanings

nounbrothel creeper (plural brothel creepers)

plural brothel creepers

  1. datedA type of soft shoe with a crepe sole.

    And yet, with the national celebration of teds in the 1970s, drape coats and brothel creepers entered into the canon of permanent English style.

    2022, W. David Marx, chapter 9, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN
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APA

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“brothel creeper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brothel%20creeper. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brothel creeper,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brothel%20creeper.

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