penny loafer

noun

: a loafer with a strap across the upper originally used for holding a penny

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There was a more playful take on loafers, with more novelty in this classic shape whether that was animal print or tricolor takes on the classic penny loafer. Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 14 May 2025 Launching online on Monday and to be celebrated with an event at Toilet Paper’s headquarters in Milan on Thursday, the unisex line reinterprets the classic penny loafer with a playful touch thanks to the surreal and Pop motifs affiliated to Toilet Paper. Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 While abroad, Aldo noticed the popularity of the penny loafer among American men and decided that Gucci should make its own version. Kin Woo, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 This cropped style, below, is a no-brainer in any winter wardrobe rotation, whether worn dressed down with a baggy blue jean and preppy penny loafer or up with a dazzling party dress and strappy heeled sandal. Laura Jackson, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for penny loafer

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of penny loafer was in 1968

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“Penny loafer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penny%20loafer. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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