moccasin

The definition of a moccasin is a soft slipper made of leather, or a slipper or shoe that is very similar.

(noun)

An example of a moccasin is a shoe a person may wear around the house.

See moccasin in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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noun

a heelless slipper of soft, flexible leather, worn orig. by North American Indians
any slipper more or less like this but with a hard sole and heel
water moccasin

Origin: < AmInd (Algonquian), as in Narragansett mokussin, Massachusett mohkisson

See moccasin in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: Of Virginia Algonquian origin

Origin: ; akin to Powhatan mäkäsĭn, shoe

Origin: , and Ojibwa makisin

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