moccasin
noun
moc·ca·sin
ˈmä-kə-sən 
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
b
: a snake (as of the genus Gloydius) resembling a water moccasin
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Everyone is wearing period shoes, and with the sheer number of Indigenous characters onscreen, where are all those moccasins coming from?
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Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
The costume department built more than 1,300 garments and hundreds of pairs of moccasins.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
There were also close to 700 pairs of moccasins made from the same hide.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Native Americans handcrafted everything from the beaded jewlery worn by the Indigenous actors to the suede moccasins.
—Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2025
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Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
The costume department built more than 1,300 garments and hundreds of pairs of moccasins.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
There were also close to 700 pairs of moccasins made from the same hide.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Native Americans handcrafted everything from the beaded jewlery worn by the Indigenous actors to the suede moccasins.
—Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for moccasin
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“Moccasin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moccasin. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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moccasin
noun
moc·ca·sin
ˈmäk-ə-sən
1
a
: a soft leather shoe without a heel and with the sole and sides made of one piece
b
: a similar shoe with a separate sole
2
Medical Definition
moccasin
noun
moc·ca·sin
ˈmäk-ə-sən
1
2
: a snake (as of the genus Natrix) resembling a water moccasin
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