6.  Around 1870，the term "sneakers" came in on little cat feet， as word got out that the new soft shoes were much fencied by“snack thieves.

                                                                                           — ibid.，p, 18
据此，就其词源而论，以“橡皮底帆布鞋”译“sneakers”不如以“小偷鞋”译之为是。您说呢？

笔者以为，按目前市场的行情，在“跳蚤市场卖小偷鞋”还挺合适的呢。却说现在“跳蚤市场”上的“小偷鞋”历史上还曾经有过一个芸花一现的芳名——felony shoes (简称“felonies” )呢:.

7.“Felony shoes, ”or “ felonies, ”failed to catch on, but“gurnshoe, ”for the sneaker-shod detective, did -- with a vengeance.
                                                                                          一 ibid.
如果运用糊涂科学，“难得糊涂”一下，姑且（对不起）马虎一点，把例6的“detective”译作“警察”、把“ felonies ” 译作“小偷”的话，那么把西方这种“橡皮底帆布鞋”即“sneakers”译作“瞥察与小偷鞋”，准能利市百倍的！