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pigskin

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pig·skin  (pgskn)
n.
1. The skin of a pig.
2. Leather made from the skin of a pig.
3. Sports A football.
4. Informal A saddle.
pigskin [ˈpɪgˌskɪn]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) the skin of the domestic pig
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) leather made of this skin
3. (Team Sports / American Football) US and Canadian informal a football
adj
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) made of pigskin
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pigskinpigskin - leather from the skin of swine      
leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
Translations
pigskin [ˈpɪgskɪn] N → piel f de cerdo, cuero m de chancho(LAm)
pigskin [ˈpɪgskɪn]
n → cuir m de porc
adj [wallet, briefcase, luggage] → en cuir de porc
pigskin [ˈpɪgˌskɪn] n → cinghiale m
pigskin [ˈpɪgˌskɪn] n → cinghiale m


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Moving slowly outward upon the two branches Tarzan swung Numa out so that he could not reach the bole of the tree with his raking talons, then he made the rope fast after drawing the lion clear of the ground, dropped his five pigskin sacks to earth and leaped down himself.
Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
He drew out of his breast pocket a new pigskin pocket-book.
The Secret Agent by Conrad, Joseph View in context
He stood there, in Norfolk jacket, pigskin puttees, and all the rest of the fashionable get-up out of a bandbox, sneering at me covered with filth and grease to the eyebrows and looking like a navvy.
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