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moccasin
[ mok-uh-sin, -zuhn ]
noun
- a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of u -shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by the American Indians.
- a hard-soled shoe or slipper resembling this, often decorated with beads.
- any of several North American snakes of the genus Agkistrodon ( Ancistrodon ), especially the cottonmouth.
moccasin
/ ˈmɒkəsɪn /
noun
- a shoe of soft leather, esp deerskin, worn by North American Indians
- any soft shoe resembling this
- a sheepshearer's footgear, usually made of sacking
- short for water moccasin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of moccasin1
1605–15, Americanism; < Virginia Algonquian < Proto-Algonquian *maxkeseni
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Word History and Origins
Origin of moccasin1
C17: from Algonquian; compare Narraganset mocussin shoe
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Example Sentences
He listened, a little confused, trying to catch up, while he pulled off his galoshes to reveal tan suede moccasin boots.
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The print of steel-rimmed hoofs showed in the soft loam as plainly as a moccasin-track in virgin snow.
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I broke a branch and pawed the moccasin toward me and picked it up and went back to the horses.
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It was a brightly beaded moccasin, very small, and strangely familiar even at a distance.
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"Well, we came fast, but I see that we did not get here in time to help you," said Black Moccasin.
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Bet he never saw an orioles' nest or found a wild pink moccasin.
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