les souliers
n.m.pl., the shoes (somewhat outdated)
Dans les chansons de Noël françaises des années
passées, on met les souliers par la cheminée.
In French Christmas songs of years gone by,
les souliers are put by the fireplace.
MORE ABOUT TODAY’S WORD
Les souliers is an old-fashioned, or démodé, synonym for chaussures — shoes. In Christmas songs from the early part of the 20th Century, the word comes up frequently. Les souliers are often referred to nostalgically, because they are part of the longstanding tradition of French children putting their shoes by the fireplace in hopes that Le Père Noël will fill them. This tradition continues today.
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