Polish: kierpceEnglish translation: kierpce (hard-soled leather moccasins) 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Polish term or phrase: | kierpce | | English translation: | kierpce (hard-soled leather moccasins) | | Entered by: | greyfruit |
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Art/Literary - Folklore / mountain people traditional outfit | | Polish term or phrase: kierpce | | chodzi mi tu o buty noszone przez podhalańską grupę etniczną |
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| | kierpce (hard-soled leather moccasins) | Explanation:
Word for word from Stanisławski.
According to this site:
http://tinyurl.com/2kgppw
Oxford PWN gives: a shoe traditionally worn by Polish highlanders
Stanisławski: moccasins (of Tatra mountaineers)
e-bay: Polish mountaineers shoes - kierpce
http://tinyurl.com/2r88oj (more sites in English which refer to the shoes)
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Note added at 19 mins (2007-03-07 21:41:57 GMT)
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Sorry - at the top - I forgot to delete 'word for word from Stanisławski' - it shouldn't be there. My apologies.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-03-08 00:03:10 GMT) Post-grading
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My pleasure :-) |
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 Caryl Swift
Poland
| Note from asker to answererthank you again! It's one more time you save my life!
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| kierpce (hard-soled leather moccasins)
Explanation:
Word for word from Stanisławski.
According to this site:
http://tinyurl.com/2kgppw
Oxford PWN gives: a shoe traditionally worn by Polish highlanders
Stanisławski: moccasins (of Tatra mountaineers)
e-bay: Polish mountaineers shoes - kierpce
http://tinyurl.com/2r88oj (more sites in English which refer to the shoes)
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Note added at 19 mins (2007-03-07 21:41:57 GMT)
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Sorry - at the top - I forgot to delete 'word for word from Stanisławski' - it shouldn't be there. My apologies.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-03-08 00:03:10 GMT) Post-grading
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My pleasure :-)
| Caryl Swift
Poland
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Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 15
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| Note from asker to answerer| thank you again! It's one more time you save my life! |
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