All 21 Uses of
moccasin
in
Walk Two Moons
- Inside was a small piece of blue paper and on it was printed this message: Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins.
p. 47.9 *moccasins = soft leather shoes traditionally worn by Native AmericansEditor's NotesEditor's notes: Two moons is a Native American way of saying two months. The message is meant to encourage empathy—specifically it says not judge someone harshly without having experienced what he/she has experienced. You'll see this sentiment expressed in other ways including "Don't judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes," and "Put yourself in her shoes."
The expression was made famous in an 1895 poem, Walk a Mile in His Moccasins by Mary T. Lathrap. It begins with these lines:
Pray, don't find fault with the man that limps,
Or stumbles along the road.
Unless you have worn the moccasins he wears,
Or stumbled beneath the same load.
There may be tears in his soles that hurt
Though hidden away from view.
The burden he bears placed on your back
May cause you to stumble and fall, too.
- On their feet were moccasins, and I thought again about Phoebe's message: Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins.
p. 53.8moccasins = soft leather shoes traditionally worn by Native Americans
- I thought again about Phoebe's message: Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins.
p. 53.8
- Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins.
p. 57.3
- I used to imagine that there were two moons sitting in a pair of Indian shoes, but my father said it means that you shouldn't judge someone until you've walked in their moccasins.
p. 57.5
- It was a little spooky, because what he drew was identical to what I used to imagine: a pair of Indian moccasins with two moons in them.
p. 57.9
- He needs to walk in their moccasins first.
p. 58.1
- Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins.
p. 173.5
- It was as if I was walking in her moccasins, that's how much my own heart was pumping and my own hands were sweating.
p. 207.6
- She read the message aloud: "Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins."
p. 239.9
- I'm sorry I gave you that one about the moccasins already.
p. 240.5
- Gramps pets the puppy and smokes his pipe as I drive, and we both play the moccasin game.
p. 261.7moccasin = soft leather shoe traditionally worn by Native Americans
- We take turns pretending we are walking in someone else's moccasins.
p. 261.8moccasins = soft leather shoes traditionally worn by Native Americans
- If I were walking in Peeby's moccasins, I would be jealous of a new brother dropping out of the sky.
p. 261.8
- If I were in Gram's moccasins right this minute, I would want to cool my feet in that river over there.
p. 261.9
- If I were walking in Ben's moccasins, I would miss Salamanca Hiddle.
p. 261.9
- We walk in every-body's moccasins, and we have discovered some interesting things that way.
p. 262.0
- They were giving me a chance to walk in my mother's moccasins—to see what she had seen and feel what she might have felt on her last trip.
p. 262.2
- That made me think of Phoebe and the lunatic, and I said, "If I were walking in Phoebe's moccasins, I would have to believe in a lunatic and an axe-wielding Mrs. Cadaver to explain my mother's disappearance."
p. 262.9
- When I walk in her moccasins, though, I say, "If I were my mother, I might want more children—not because I don't love my Salamanca, but because I love her so much."
p. 264.7
- "It's a water moccasin, isn't it?" she said.†
p. 88.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(moccasin) a soft leather shoe traditionally worn by Native Americans.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, moccasin appears in water moccasin -- a type of poisonous snake.