moccasin
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A shoe made of deerskin, or other soft leather, the sole and upper part being one piece. It is the customary shoe worn by the American Indians.
A poisonous snake of the Southern United States. The water moccasin (Ancistrodon piscivorus) is usually found in or near water. Above, it is olive brown, barred with black; beneath, it is brownish yellow, mottled with darker. The upland moccasin is Ancistrodon atrofuscus. They resemble rattlesnakes, but are without rattles.
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I've done about every kind of fishing you can imagine, but I've never noodled. And the reason I've never noodled is because I don't want to get bit by a water moccasin. I'm just too afraid of snakes.
There are many good moccasin tracks along the trail of a straight arrow.
It was once the preferred yarn for handsewing the uppers of moccasin -style shoes ( loafers ), but its use has been replaced by synthetics.
Rollings, Deer (2004) p 28 Stiff rawhide was fashioned into saddles, stirrups and cinches, knife cases, buckets, and moccasin soles.
This suspicion was heightened, when the crew of the discovery boat came aboard and informed the captain they had come across a new moccasin as well as the partially butchered remains of a seal.
This address can also be written as XXX Moccasin Drive Drive, Crosslake, Minnesota 56442.