noun General Slang

sannies

· noun · scottish

Trainers, plimsolls, or any soft canvas shoes.

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Trainers or plimsolls — short for 'sandshoes', the old Scottish word for the rubber-soled canvas shoes you wore for gym class. Still very much current.

“Mind and bring your sannies for PE the morn.”
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sannies In A Sentence

Mind and bring your sannies for PE the morn.

Origin & Usage

Diminutive of 'sandshoes', a Scottish and Northern English term for plimsolls dating to the 19th century.

Variants sandshoes

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