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shoe·pac (-pak′)

noun

pac (sense )

Etymology: altered by folk etym. (infl. by shoe) < 17th-c. Delaware trade language seppock, shoe, shoes < Delaware čípahko, shoes, moccasins (sing. čí˙p˙akw)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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