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Definition of Pigskin
1. Noun. Leather from the skin of swine.
Definition of Pigskin
1. n. The skin of a pig, -- used chiefly for making saddles; hence, a colloquial or slang term for a saddle.
2. n. A football; -- so called because the covering is often made of pigskin.
Definition of Pigskin
1. Noun. Leather made from the skin of a pig. ¹
2. Noun. (US slang) A football (see Etymology). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pigskin
1. the skin of a pig [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pigskin
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1. The skin of a pig, used chiefly for making saddles; hence, a colloquial or slang term for a saddle.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigskin
Literary usage of Pigskin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Book Prices Current (1921)
"pigskin, stamped, and colored, Avery, A., Nov. 10, '19. (653) $27.50. MELANGE OF
HUMOUR. 50 colored plates. Lond., nd Fol. Hf. mor., Smith, A., May 24, '20. ..."
2. Auction Prices of Books: A Representative Record Arranged in Alphabetical by Luther Samuel Livingston (1905)
"pigskin (margins of 2 leaves of Table mended), Thompson,Feb.,'87. ... pigskin (in
4 vols.), Libbie, Jan. 18, '99. (96) $76. pigskin (in 4 vols. ..."
3. African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American by Theodore Roosevelt (1910)
"... APPENDIX F THE original list of the "pigskin Library" was as follows: Bible.
Apocrypha. Borrow Bible in Spain. Zingali. Lavengro. Wild Wales. ..."
4. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"Heath, 640, 61. Roxburghe, 236, 71. 'Dent, pt. i. 1169, 10/. IOS. LARGE PAPER.
Willett, 1030, 11. 7s. Williams, 898, in pigskin, 21/. ..."
5. Underground: Or, Life Below the Surface. Incidents and Accidents Beyond the by Thomas Wallace Knox (1876)
"NOVEL WAY OF OBTAINING A pigskin. — PERU AND ITS SILVER. — A HIGH-TONED CITY.
—ARIZONA. — BEAUTIES OF ARIZONA CIVILIZATION. — MINES OF UTAH AND NEVADA. ..."
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