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cowskin

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cowskin [ˈkaʊˌskɪn]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) another word for cowhide
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Noun1.cowskin - leather made from the hide of a cow
cowhide
cowhide - a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow
leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning


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He always went armed with a cowskin and a heavy cudgel.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
"Nay," quoth Little John testily, at the same time rising carefully, as though his bones had been made of glass, "I can help myself, good fellow, without thy aid; and let me tell thee, had it not been for that vile cowskin cap of thine, it would have been ill for thee this day.
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