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World Service,1 min

Where does the word ‘sneakers’ come from?

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Giorgio Riello, Professor of Global History and Culture, tells Rajan Datar about the surprising origins of the name we now use for a very common type of footwear. Illustration: Female prisoners sitting on the balconies at Brixton Prison in London. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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