bear's-paw
Americannoun
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When he is at last adjusted like a lay-figure, Mr. Chadband, retiring behind the table, holds up his bear's-paw and says, "My friends!"
From Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Jim always uses bear's-paw shoes, and I don't believe there are more than half a dozen other pairs in this neck of woods.
From The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
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