‖ papoosh, papouch(e
(pəˈpuːʃ)
Also 7 papucha, 9 papoush: see also babouche, pabouch.
[a. Pers. pāpōsh (Turkish pābutch) slipper, shoe, f. Pers. pā foot + pōsh covering.]
A Turkish or Oriental slipper.
| 1682 Wheler Journ. Greece ii. 187 They slip off their Papuchas, or Shoes, when they go in to do their Devotions. Ibid. v. 349 They never wear Papouches, or Slippers, like the Turks. 1835 Willis Pencillings II. liii. 115 A ragged and decrepit dervish, with his papooshes in his hand. 1847 Thackeray Eastern Adv. Fat Contrib. Wks. 1900 XIII. 621 His pipes, narghilés, yataghans, and papooshes made him a personage of no small importance. |