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buckskin [ˈbʌkˌskɪn] n 1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) the skin of a male deer 2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) a. a strong greyish-yellow suede leather, originally made from deerskin but now usually made from sheepskin b. (as modifier) buckskin boots 3. US (sometimes capital) a person wearing buckskin clothes, esp an American soldier of the Civil War 4. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a stiffly starched cotton cloth 5. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a strong satin-woven woollen fabric adj
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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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