espadrilled en · ADJ
Etymology
From espadrille + -ed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) wearing espadrilles
In London, he is loved – largely thanks to his ability to bumble around like a third-hand teddy bear that’s been flushed down the toilet immediately before being packed off for a job interview – because London at this point is solely inhabited by millions of braying, espadrilled berks who communicate exclusively in emojis and haven’t had a single sincere thought since they momentarily got a bit sad about Darfur in 2003.
2015 July 21, Stuart Heritage, “Boris Johnson has become the tall poppy that his own party is gleefully hacking down”, in The Guardian: