moccasin
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6.0
- noun
- /ˈmɑːkəsɪn/
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mocasín
- The shoulders of his shirt were gaudily decorated with quillwork, and his moccasins were colorfully beaded.
- buckskin moccasins
- leather moccasins
- moccasins on her feet
Try to feel her pain, walk a mile in her moccasins, and so on.
- Try to feel her pain, walk a mile in her moccasins, and so on.
- And then right from there I'm going to this like leather moccasin factory to see how they're hand sewn.
- I mean, just to have met the young Doctor Blum and you kind of put yourself in his moccasins and you imagine.
Examples
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Martha softened a little around the eyes and began to wear moccasins on her pale feet.
Fiction book (1990) -
His feet, encased in the mud-soaked leather of his moccasins, felt numb as he trudged alongside his horse.
Fiction book (1994) -
I put on a warm wrap and my moccasins and opened the door.
Fiction book (1994) -
Lydia was to have her mother's wedding moccasins, which had only been worn the one time.
Fiction book (1992) -
The growing cold ate into her moccasins; the outermost layer had been worn through to holes.
Fiction book (1992) -
A long strand of beads rests around the young girl's neck, while moccasins adorn her feet.
Academic text (2015) -
The enemy's tall deerskin moccasins came to her knees, meeting the fringes of her deerskin skirt.
Fiction book (1995) -
She wore her favorite moccasins while walking on the soft forest trails.
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The museum displayed a beautiful pair of traditional moccasins decorated with intricate beadwork.
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He bought a new pair of leather moccasins for warmth during the cold winter months.
Synonyms
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1.0
A covering for the foot with a sole and often a heel
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3.2
A low slip-on leather shoe with a flat heel and no laces
Compounds
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9.1
A large venomous North American snake that lives near fresh water like swamps and streams
- Specialized
A venomous water snake in southern US swamps with white inside its mouth
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Moccasin comes from a Native American word makasin meaning 'shoe', so it originally named a soft leather shoe made for walking and that is why moccasins today are soft and flexible.