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Word: sneakers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...Back in my room after section. Was going to go to the MAC, but I can find only one sneaker. Can't possibly be expected to exercise with only one sneaker. I take a nap instead...

Author: By Beckie Sherman, | Title: Losing the Frosh 15 | 12/12/1989 | See Source »

...Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences, Bush invited a couple of students into the presidential limousine; one of them sported a power yellow tie, reflecting Alan Greenspan more than Karl Marx. At the end of a run with dozens of youthful joggers, Bush jovially autographed a dirty sneaker that a child had thrust into his hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George Bush's High-Wire Act | 7/24/1989 | See Source »

...ploy--eat Wheaties and you'll be as bouncy and healthy as Mary Lou Retton--but it has an added twist. The U.B.U. ad campaigns refers not just to appearance or to health or to product quality. It refers to how we see ourselves as Americans. And by using sneaker. The campaign emphasized the crucially American dialectic of individual versus community. We can all wear the same sneakers, the ads tell us, but we will each wear them in a different...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Stomping on Individualism | 10/11/1988 | See Source »

...next time you're watching TV with some friends and the Nike "Revolution" ad comes on without anyone raising a voice of protest, remember: you're not watching a sneaker commercial...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Grammy and Grandpa | 3/1/1988 | See Source »

Without a doubt, I'd never stored so much money in a sneaker before...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: A Journey Between Bonfires and Sleeping Bags | 10/7/1986 | See Source »

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