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Thongs, scuffs, plastic shoes. Used in the NT in the 50'5: Put on your getters, there's a snake. Also, getties.

Contributor's comments: They're called "flipflops" in Fiji and "jandals" in NZ.

Contributor's comments: The kids next door to us in the 50s and 60s in suburban Perth always called thongs getties.