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moccasin

[mok-uh-sin, -zuhn] / ˈmɒk ə sɪn, -zən /
NOUN
slipper
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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A water moccasin may glide silently past, and a few times we’ve seen iridescent alligator eyes peering out at us before they sank back down into the depths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2023

Her team then checked this in a variety of snakes - dissecting a total of nine species including the carpet python, puff adder and Mexican moccasin.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022

“He was kind of a grumpy snake, and everybody was going, ‘Omigod, omigod, it's a water moccasin, kill it!’” she recollects.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2022

She wore a dark jacket over a sky-blue, rainbow-trimmed ribbon skirt embroidered with imagery of butterflies, stars and corn; moccasin boots; a turquoise and silver belt and necklace; and dragonfly earrings.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021

The silver buttons up the side of each moccasin had rainbirds carved on them.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

There I met Nikola Pavlovic, a genial salesman wearing a flamingo-patterned bucket hat atop long hair, canvas moccasins and a shirt covered in psychedelic flowers.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2024

Mattel should have considered traditional pucker toe moccasins, instead of black shoes, and included symbols on the basket that Cherokees use to tell a story, she said.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

They also collected Native American art, including moccasins, shirts, and beadwork that has toured the country in exhibitions.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023

These sheepskin-lined moccasins also come in two widths, making them especially friendly for wide-footed dads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

She stepped cautiously over the broken brick paving in her brown felt moccasins.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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