Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Converse All-Star baseball boots, signed by designer Chuck Taylor.

1984		Eble Campus Sl. Sept. 2: chucks – high-top tennis shoes: Put on your chucks and we’ll go shoot some hoops.
1986		Eble Campus Sl. Nov. 2: Chuck T’s – high-top canvas basketball shoes made by Converse.
1993		Snoop Doggy Dogg ‘Lodi Dodi’ 🎵 Threw on my white sox, with my all-blue chucks.
1995		Nationwide Rip Ridaz ‘Niggaz Don’t Want No Problem’ 🎵 Blue rag on my head with some blue Chuck T’s.
1997		(con. 1970s) G. Pelecanos King Suckerman (1998) 126: He wore shorts and a black T-shirt, with a pair of Chucks.
2004		Guerilla Black ‘Guerilla City’ 🎵 Khakis and Chucks.
2010		A. Steinberg Running the Books 89: I was sporting jeans, a Red Sox T-shirt and chucks on my feet.