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mukluk
[< West Esk. muklok large, or bearded, seal]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:mackaluck, mucklu(c)k
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
a type of warm knee-high boot worn by the Eskimos and Indians of the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.
Quotations
1898
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.
1909
In cabin or dance-hall, camp or dive, mucklucks or patent shoon;/On velvet tundra or virgin peak, by glacier, drift or draw. . . .
1924
She still wore her trail muckluks of fur, clumsy looking as a squaw's sacking. . . .
1931
For cold, dry weather the best mukluks have reindeer skin tops; for wet weather they are, both tops and soles, of sealskin, tanned especially so that they will turn water.
1947
These mukluks are usually of seal soles, and uppers of the same material in the summer months, or moose, caribou, or even canvas for winter.
1958
Sealskin mukluks, or boots, or sometimes the Indian's mukluks of duffel with moosehide soles, complete the ensemble.
1966
I went back into the house [and] donned my hunting pants, Eskimo mukluks (with handy drawstrings) and a sweater.
2n.
any of several kinds of winter footwear resembling this original boot, such as those worn by Canadian soldiers on winter exercises and those styled by manufacturers for city wear.
Quotations
1961
[Caption] Bank clerk Jean Sauve, like most Whitehorse folk, finds nothing beats native parka and mukluks for warmth.
1964
The group set out, clad in . . . nylon wind pants, mukluks, light parkas and camouflage suits.
1966
. . . 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.
3n.
Figurative use.
Quotations
1963
Edmontonians finally have an answer to Calgary's Stampede. It is called Muk-Luk Mardi Gras.
1964
Organizers couldn't get a mukluk in the door to form branches or national groups.
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