babies'-slippers

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

: bird's-foot trefoil sense 1a

Word History

Etymology

so called from the shape of the pods

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for babies'-slippers

• chippers
• clippers
• dippers
• flippers
• grippers
• nippers
• shippers
• skippers
• slippers
• strippers
• trippers
• zippers