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sandal

Light shoe, consisting of a sole held onto the foot by straps of leather or fabric. The sandal is known to date back to about 2000 BC in Egypt; it was worn by the Greeks and Romans, and throughout history has been popular footwear in hot climates, worn by both men and women.



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They and the women, as a rule, wore a coarse tow-linen robe that came well below the knee, and a rude sort of sandal, and many wore an iron collar.
I don't know that you can notice it, but it is evident to me that the foot inside the sandal that made these imprints were not the foot of a Negro.
I then took leave of him, and exchanging my merchandise for sandal and aloes wood, camphor, nutmegs, cloves, pepper, and ginger, I embarked upon the same vessel and traded so successfully upon our homeward voyage that I arrived in Balsora with about one hundred thousand sequins.
 
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