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chamois leather

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Noun1.chamois leatherchamois leather - a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin
chammy, chammy leather, chamois, shammy, shammy leather
leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
wash leather - piece of chamois used for cleaning and polishing
Translations
chamois leather n → (pelle f di) camoscio
chamois leather n → (pelle f di) camoscio


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Touching it (and finding it to be far softer than any chamois leather that my fingers had ever felt before), I disarranged the folds, and disclosed a ticket pinned among them, describing the thing in these horrid lines: "Skin of a French Marquis, tanned in the Revolution of Ninety-three.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
This usually consists of a gray surcoat and leggins of the dressed skin of the antelope, resembling chamois leather, and embroidered with porcupine quills brilliantly dyed.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
The money was contained in a bag of chamois leather, of respectable dimensions, which my banker had given me, and Miss Tita had to make a big fist to receive it.
The Aspern Papers by James, Henry View in context
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