thick skin

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Noun1.thick skin - skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros)
pachyderm - any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus
cutis, skin, tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
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What the cause of the quarrel was, or what sharp sarcasm from the woman's lips pricked suddenly through that thick skin may never be known, but suddenly the man took his pipe in his left hand, leaned forward, and deliberately struck her across the face with his right.
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Some had not then attained a sufficient degree of maturity; and their thick skin covered a white but rather fibrous pulp.
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Thick skin is, indeed, our moral clothes, and without it we are not fit to be seen about in civilized society.
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A thick skin of new ice showed that it had not been used for some time.
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Its body was covered with plates of thick skin which bore a striking resemblance to armor-plate.
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"People always say we should have a thick skin, but that doesn't mean we aren't hurt by it because we do listen to things, we do read things.
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