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| moc·ca·sin [ mókəssin ] (plural moc·ca·sins) |
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| Definition: |
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1. Native N American shoe: a Native North American heelless shoe made of deerskin or other soft leather wrapped around the foot and stitched on top
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2. leather shoe: a low-heeled leather shoe whose side panels are joined to the upper panel using prominent stitching to form a raised puckered seam
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3. reptiles
Same as water moccasin (sense 1)
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| [Early 17th century. < Virginia Algonquian mockasin] |
