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the original open floor plan, footwear edition, ventilated since before history bothered keeping notes.

means A light, open shoe held to the foot by straps or thongs rather than enclosing it, leaving most of the foot exposed.

from From Greek 'sandalon,' a word for this kind of strapped footwear whose own roots are murkypossibly borrowed from an older non-Greek source. It traveled through Latin 'sandalium' before settling into English, the name as airy and well-ventilated as the shoe itself.

ancient flexOldest known pair is roughly 10,000 years old
roman idSoldiers' soles spelled words in nailed prints
viking ickSocks-and-sandals dates back to Roman Britain
tan crimeLeaves stripes that outlast the vacation
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