shell-tops

noun

Published on April 10, 2016, 6:38 a.m.

shoes with a rubber shell toe piece, such as the Adidas Superstar

Categories Possessions

Collocates rock³, chain, cop, crack rock, drop, gators, hot, pimp, spot, weed

Domains Fashion

Related concepts 3, 3-stripe, chucker, Chucks, Chuck Taylors, Chuck T's, color, gators, Jordans, old school, rock, sag, Timbos, Timbs

Rhymes cell block², boom box, copped, crack rock, hell bop, hot, Rock, rocked, shell shocked, spot, twelve blocks

Timeline

1992-02-06 Da Youngsta's "Reminiss" [Somethin 4 Da Youngsta's]
Sport our shell-tops, I can't believe we used to wear those
1994-08-09 Gravediggaz "Graveyard Chamber" [6 Feet Deep]
Shelltops and shags
1995-10-10 Jamal "Keep It Live" [Last Chance, No Breaks]
It was shell top sneakers, and it was all about me

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