moccasin
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Her team then checked this in a variety of snakes - dissecting a total of nine species including the carpet python, puff adder and Mexican moccasin.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022
“He was kind of a grumpy snake, and everybody was going, ‘Omigod, omigod, it's a water moccasin, kill it!’” she recollects.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2022
Elsewhere, Naylor’s sister slipped in the mud and down into a makeshift privy, ruining her prized moccasin boots.
From Reuters ● Aug. 13, 2019
The look was L.A. vagabond, mismatched print kimonos, board shorts, sweater pants, Baja hoodies, patchwork bucket hats and fringed moccasin booties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2015
“It’s a water moccasin, isn’t it?” she said.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
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Born on Montana’s Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Gladstone has worn tennis shoes, scuffed boots and fur-trimmed moccasins for publicity appearances, often with another accessory or pattern that recalls her Siksikaitsitapi and Nez Perce heritage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
“It’s the most fun you can have with your moccasins on,” Real Bird, 73, jokingly tells crowds.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
Mattel should have considered traditional pucker toe moccasins, instead of black shoes, and included symbols on the basket that Cherokees use to tell a story, she said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
Littlefeather, who was 26 at the time, cut a regal figure — wearing moccasins and a tasseled dress, her long, dark hair parted and clipped with intricate beadwork.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2022
I keep my bow, arrows, and moccasins in a corner of my cabin, but I still wear the buckskin carrying pouch with my knife inside hanging at my waist.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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