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moccasin

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


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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

The report cites an account that the name was inspired by an imprint shaped like a woman’s moccasin in a granite rock pointing toward the valley.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 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 kid who suggests the Shoemakers in honor of the old moccasin factory is laughed out of the auditorium.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

“It’s the most fun you can have with your moccasins on,” Real Bird, 73, jokingly tells crowds.

From Seattle Times Dec. 27, 2023

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

Dressed in tan pants and tan lace-up moccasins with a pale blue shawl wrapped around her shoulders, she walked for a quarter of a mile before stepping off the path.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 7, 2023

Littlefeather, who was 26 at the time, cut a regal figure — wearing moccasins and a tasseled dress, her long, dark hair parted and clipped with intricate beadwork.

From Washington Post Nov. 1, 2022

The moccasins were so big my feet squeaked and squished in them, like they’d been plunged in a bucket of water.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride




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