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buckskin

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buck·skin  (bkskn)
n.
1.
a. The skin of a male deer.
b. A soft, grayish-yellow leather usually having a suede finish, once made from deerskins but now generally made from sheepskins.
2. buckskins Clothing, especially breeches or shoes, made from buckskin.
3. A person who wears buckskins, especially an American backwoodsman or soldier in the Revolutionary War.
4. A horse of a grayish-yellow color.

buckskin adj.

buckskin
Noun
1. a strong greyish-yellow suede leather, originally made from deerskin
2. buckskins trousers made of buckskin
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.buckskin - horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail
mount, riding horse, saddle horse - a lightweight horse kept for riding only
2.buckskin - a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin
leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning


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No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one -- I mean a downright bumpkin dandy --a fellow that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanning his hands.
Those buckskin legs and calves of legs I've seen in shop windows wouldn't compare at all.
His gun is lavishly decorated with brass tacks and vermilion, and provided with a fringed cover, occasionally of buckskin, ornamented here and there with a feather.
 
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