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Isn’t it more accurate to call it “glass shoes”, not "glass slippers"?

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Rebecca

Glass shoes could be said, however, the exact type of shoe she is wearing is called a slipper. When this story was written, the shoe she is wearing was called a slipper, unlike the house-shoes that are called slippers today.

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