Japanned leather

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leather treated with coatings of Japan varnish, and dried in a stove.

- Knight.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Attired in black from head to toe, including japanned leather evening slippers, black cape and a towering Borsalino fedora to trump Pharrell Williams, Geoffrey resembled a gigantic mythic crow, clutching in each of his wings a smoldering bunch of sage.

Geoffrey Holder: 1930-2014

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