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mukluk
[muhk-luhk]
noun
a soft boot worn by the Inuit and Yupik in the American Arctic, often lined with fur and usually made of sealskin or reindeer skin.
a similar boot with a soft sole, usually worn for lounging.
mukluk
/ ˈʌʌ /
noun
a soft boot, usually of sealskin, worn by the Inuit
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mukluk1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mukluk1
Example Sentences
Diyet van Lieshout, the mezzo-soprano from Yukon, is filmed traipsing through the snow in her traditional mukluk boots.
After he spoke and chose his racing bib number out of a mukluk boot, an Iditarod tradition, he returned to his table.
Women with mittens and ornate mukluk boots swayed their hips to the beat.
Nusan threaded a needle and whipped the rabbit fur onto the top of a mukluk.
In Alaska's promising Mukluk field, for instance, major oil companies have put an estimated $1.7 billion into exploration, but have so far turned up only a $140 million dry hole.
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