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moccasins

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for moccasins.

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Most of the time you’d unleash a bunch of water moccasins or a water demon and die immediately.

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Quick take

soft leather shoe; originally worn by native americans

Meaning at a glance

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noun

soft leather shoe; originally worn by native americans

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for moccasins.

noun

soft leather shoe; originally worn by native americans

Example sentences

1

Most of the time you’d unleash a bunch of water moccasins or a water demon and die immediately.

2

The fact is Florida's indigenous snake population is more dangerous to humans by orders of magnitude; including, Coral Snakes, water moccasins/cottonmouths, and various rattle snakes.

3

Did Indigenous Americans debate which style of moccasins was better for your long term foot health?

4

It is important for us to remember not to judge a man until you've walked three full moons in his moccasins.

5

No amount of history books or walking a mile in someone else's moccasins is going to change my opinion on that.

6

Even the subject of that book often wear thin moccasins during long distance runs.

7

Never judge a man until you've walked two full moons in his moccasins.

8

And there were probably alligators and moccasins now making it their home.

9

If I sound like I am complaining, why don't you walk a mile in my moccasins.

10

About 40k years ago we start to see people's toes scrunched up from wearing moccasins.

11

I went to Sun after serving many years in computer support for Cal Berkeley, so I wore the customer's moccasins, so to speak.

12

I could interview developers without having to walk a mile in their moccasins.

Quote examples

1

I've never understood why some people seem to hate it when I say this, there's an idiom where I'm from that "some people would rather coat the world in leather than wear moccasins".

2

We need to start saying "Dude, not everyone has the all-encompassing power to know everything that you know and it's wrong to judge people, their opinions or their life experiences." You haven't walked a mile in his moccasins.

3

That's why the choice of the word "privilege" is as relevant as it is here: because these discussions are almost always to be had — or attempted to be had, given the actual impossibility of "walking a mile in their moccasins" — from the perspective of the party to whom the thing in question is, in fact, a privilege — and more importantly, one that they don't enjoy.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use moccasins in a sentence?

Most of the time you’d unleash a bunch of water moccasins or a water demon and die immediately.

What does moccasins mean?

soft leather shoe; originally worn by native americans

What part of speech is moccasins?

moccasins is commonly used as noun.