house-moccasin

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a soft, comfortable moccasin (def. 1) for wearing indoors; moccasin slipper.

Quotations

1900

Madeline raised a foot and regarded her shapeless house-moccasin dubiously.

1902

She put her wet shoes on a pile of wood at the back of the stove, substituting for them a pair of soft and dainty house-moccasins of Indian make.