mukluk

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An Eskimo mukluk in cheap black vinyl is not my style.

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  • The National Weather Service has issued a mukluk advisory —  Atlantic Ave.
  • Iroquois yurt pip hypothalamus snaffle awkward (because it actually is awkward to say and type) pollywog sunset buff squelch toot slither puff blip moosh fizzle zing sniff slurp patter lackadaisical periwinkle bulbous grunt percolate dread infuriate ingratiate bouffant gallant bemoaned personage flip bubble mukluk blubber waffle akimbo macadamia gazebo
  • The best water-proof footwear is the Esquimau mukluk, not easily obtainable in the interior of Alaska, but the mukluk is an inconvenient footwear to put snow-shoes on. —  Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska
  • In the curtained boxes overhead, men bought bottles with foil about the corks, and then subterfuge on the lady's part was idle, but, on the other hand, she was able to pocket for each bottle a check redeemable at five dollars A stranger, straight from the East, would have remarked first upon the good music, next upon the good looks of the women, and then upon the shabby clothes of the men--for some of them were in "mukluk," others in sweaters with huge initials and winged emblems, and all were collarless Outside in the main gambling-room there were but few women. —  The Spoilers
  • An Eskimo mukluk in cheap black vinyl is not my style. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
 

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