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moccasin

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


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Then with my own kids making their own memories, watching the peanut butter being made, choosing moccasins from the now-gone moccasin shop at the Dell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2024

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

He and his brother gave their father, who had been wiped out, $20,000 each from their trust funds to start a new business: importing shoes, in particular a moccasin, from Brazil.

From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2022

With the heel of his moccasin Stone Fox drew a long line in the snow.

From "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner

“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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

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

They came on without a word, running quietly in their deerskin moccasins.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley


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