moccasin
moc·ca·sin
noun \ˈmä-kə-sən\Definition of MOCCASIN
1
a : a soft leather heelless shoe or boot with the sole brought up the sides of the foot and over the toes where it is joined with a puckered seam to a U-shaped piece lying on top of the foot b : a regular shoe having a seam on the forepart of the vamp imitating the seam of a moccasin
2
a : water moccasin b : a snake (as of the genus Natrix) resembling a water moccasin
See Origin of MOCCASIN
Virginia Algonquian mockasin
First Known Use: circa 1612
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