moccasin

noun

moc·ca·sin | \ ˈmä-kə-sən

Definition of moccasin

1a : 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

2a : water moccasin

b : a snake (as of the genus Natrix) resembling a water moccasin

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Representative Deb Haaland, one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress, wore a traditional Pueblo dress, turquoise jewelry, and moccasins. — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Swearing-In Outfit Was a Nod to Suffragettes and Bronx Girls," 4 Jan. 2019 Minnetonka: Get Minnetonka slippers, boots, and moccasins for 25% off select styles starting on November 22 until November 28. — Glamour, "Black Friday Deals 2018: Everything We Know So Far," 12 Nov. 2018 Thankfully, a more sanitary summer-shoe option—the moccasin—may already be in your closet. — Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ, "The Ultimate Summer Shoe (It’s Not a Sandal)," 19 July 2018 Hollister top and bell-bottom jeans with moccasins. — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, "When the ‘Mean Girls’ Were Teen Girls," 4 June 2018 Maddy Fass, Vogue Market Associate These Loewe moccasins are a chic upgrade from a classic penny loafer. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, "Vogue Staffers Pick the Most Chic and Comfortable Shoes to Wear to Work This Summer," 28 June 2018 Madosh-Smart, White's grandmother, showed Stark a photo of the ceremonial dress and moccasins made for her Ojibwa burial ceremony since there was no body for the casket. — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Judge orders life sentence with no parole in torture, murder, burning of pregnant West Allis woman," 4 June 2018 Jewelry, pottery, artwork, moccasins, blankets, and more will be displayed for sale. — Julia Preszler, BostonGlobe.com, "Spring pow-wow set for Marshfield Fairgrounds," 18 May 2018 Purchase bread baked in a pueblo oven called a horno and handmade crafts, including silver jewelry, mica-flecked pottery, and moccasins and drums made of animal hides. - - - Waterton Glacier International Peace Park Est. — Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com, "This summer, stop by the 23 U.S. locales that have risen to become UNESCO World Heritage sites," 4 May 2018

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