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  • noun Variant spelling of moccasin.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of moccasin.

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  • noun soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans

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Examples

  • To my dismay the boulder was already occupied by a big ole water mocassin.

    Tell me about your run-ins with snakes. 2009

  • They were coated with ice; the thick German socks were like sheaths of iron half-way to the knees; and the mocassin strings were like rods of steel all twisted and knotted as by some conflagration.

    To Build A Fire 2010

  • They were coated with ice; the thick German socks were like sheaths of iron half-way to the knees; and the mocassin strings were like rods of steel all twisted and knotted as by some conflagration.

    To Build A Fire 2010

  • To my dismay the boulder was already occupied by a big ole water mocassin.

    Tell me about your run-ins with snakes. 2009

  • Now granted, we also saw a couple of gators and a water mocassin too, but it sure was fun.

    A Stock Argument 2008

  • I skipped around in black oversized Oingo Boingo t-shirts with ripped jeans and knee-high stoner-style mocassin boots or psychedelic mini a-line dresses and bloomers with crimped hair and combat boots.

    Archive 2008-09-01 jek-a-go-go 2008

  • Everyday objects have Indian names: boucane for smoke, cacaoui for an older woman, mocassin for a soft shoe, micouène for a wooden spoon.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • Everyday objects have Indian names: boucane for smoke, cacaoui for an older woman, mocassin for a soft shoe, micouène for a wooden spoon.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • While shadesong opened the door, I grabbed a towel because I had no idea if it really wasn't just a tiny poisonous sucker, although it clearly wasn't a rattler, copperhead, or water mocassin, which are the big ones to worry about around here, grabbed the sucker, who was not happy, and ran with it to the door to throw it into the driveway.

    There are snakes, on the floor! yendi 2005

  • Isaac drew a design on the ground with a stick, then rubbed it out with the toe of his mocassin.

    Betrayed! Patricia Calvert 2002

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