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- noun The
skin of amoose , orleather made therefrom.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Philip and Norman carried rifles carefully protected in mooseskin cases.
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But the Count could not resist the temptation and later in the day, when the boys saw him, he and the sergeant of police were each wearing a highly embroidered pair of mooseskin gauntlets that Paul had found in a trading store.
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At last he stood before a group of mooseskin tepees in which were gathered several families of Cree Indians.
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As the monoplane dropped toward the wide opening, Roy made a desperate dive toward the floor of the cockpit and, before Norman learned the situation, his chum was pulling its new mooseskin jacket from the .303 rifle.
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It was a motley group, moccasined in mooseskin with their straight black hair showing defiantly beneath their silver-belted black hats.
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The Indian hastily untied the thongs, and the white man thrust his bandaged feet into the soft comfort of the mooseskin moccasins.
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The scent of the salt sea, the sight of new faces, the proximity of the open world, were like strong drink to them, hence they untied their mooseskin "pokes" and scattered the contents like sawdust.
The Winds of Chance Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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Robert wore fine high moccasins of tanned mooseskin, much stronger and better than ordinary deerskin, but before long he felt the water entering them and chilling him to the bone.
The Masters of the Peaks A Story of the Great North Woods 1890
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He made them out of the softest and lightest mooseskin that
Winter Adventures of Three Boys Egerton R. Young 1874
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The boys were very proud and happy in their new mooseskin costumes and snow-white blankets, only relieved by the black stripes on the sleeves and skirts.
Winter Adventures of Three Boys Egerton R. Young 1874
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