moccasin

Definitions


[ˈmɒkəsɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a soft leather slipper or shoe, strictly one without a separate heel, having the sole turned up on all sides and sewn to the upper in a simple gathered seam, in a style originating among some Indigenous peoples of North America

- a venomous American pit viper


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Origin:
early 17th century: from Virginia Algonquian mockasin. The word is also found in other Indigenous languages of North America




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