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plural mukluks
(Canada, US) A soft knee-high boot of sealskin or reindeer skin, originally worn by Inuit and Yupik. quotations examples
Her parkee, made of Caribou, it is a lovely fit, / And she's all right from muck-a-luck unto her dainty mit. / This lovely Klooch is fond of Hooch, and makes it very well.
1898 December 8, Medicine Hat News, page 5
(Canada, US) A laced winter boot resembling a traditional mukluk, with thick rubber sole and cloth upper. quotations examples
[...] the Canadians’ [soldiers’] mukluks and sleeping bags were superior to anything in use. the mukluk, a rubber-soled boot with a calf-high outer nylon cover, has a thick woollen inner boot that keeps feet warm in the coldest of weather.
1966 April 27, Kingston Whig-Standard, page 26
The skin is used to make mukluks, hats, parkas. We are resourceful and respectful of the animals, the land.
2004, Paola Gianturco, Celebrating Women