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Indian slipper
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a flat-soled shoe of soft leather, originally worn by the Indians. See picture at moccasin (def. 1).
See: moccasin(def. 1)
Quotations
1785
They wear the same dress summer and winter, which consists of a pair of scarlet leggings, Indian slippers, a short calico jacket without breeches, crimson cloak finely ornamented with rich fringe, and a kind of a helmet instead of a hat.
2
one of several varieties of lady's slipper, as Cypripedium acaule or C. parviflorum.
See: moccasin flower
Quotations
1912
Indian Slipper. The pink lady's-slipper, or moccasin-flower (Cypripedium acaule).