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daps
What does daps mean?
Plimsolls, gym shoes, the canvas pumps you wore for PE. By extension, trainers in general for many South Wales speakers. Rest of the UK calls them pumps, plimsolls, sandshoes or gutties depending where you're from — in Wales and Bristol, they're daps.
"Don't forget your daps, we've got games first lesson."
Origin
Used across South Wales and the West Country of England (Bristol, Somerset) for plimsolls — the canvas school PE shoes. Origin is disputed; possibly from the verb 'dap' meaning to bounce lightly. Generations of Welsh and West Country schoolkids only ever called them daps, never plimsolls or pumps.
Frequently asked questions
What does daps mean?
It's a Welsh and West Country word for plimsolls or trainers.
How do you use daps in a sentence?
"Put your daps on, we're going out."
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