Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowskins
Literary usage of Cowskins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introductory History of England by Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher (1908)
"The exports were almost wholly the said cowskins, cattle being the sole wealth—indeed,
the sole food of Irishmen. In the towns there was a rough manufactory ..."
2. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1855)
"This makes it quite elastic and springy. Aw with it, on the hardest back, will
gash the flesh, I make the blood start. cowskins are painted red, ..."
3. The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1883)
"... cowskins dried, stood three men with long knives in their hands ; and in the
middle of the tent appeared three sheep killed, and one young bullock. ..."
4. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"... n slave-holder once said to Dr. Brisbane, of Cincinnati, that religion had
been worth more to him, on his plantation, than a wagon-load of cowskins. ..."
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