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pigskin

[ pig-skin ]

noun

  1. the skin of a pig.
  2. leather made from it.
  3. Informal. a saddle.
  4. Informal. a football.


pigskin

/ ˈpɪɡˌskɪn /

noun

  1. the skin of the domestic pig
  2. leather made of this skin
  3. informal.
    a football
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. made of pigskin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pigskin1

First recorded in 1850–55; pig 1 + skin
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Example Sentences

Spiraling pigskins tend to visibly wobble at either a slow or fast frequency, depending on how the ball is thrown, researchers report online June 23 in the ASME Open Journal of Engineering.

A tough, waterproof pigskin leather on the palms resists tears if you use them to put on chains during a powder day or gather wood for your après fire.

The idea was to get the “pigskin” into the opposing village by any means possible.

Christie gave Obama a teddy bear he won with his pigskin-tossing prowess.

In the sports world, she is a “ pigskin princess,” who loves Eli Manning and enjoys the chicken fingers at Giants Stadium.

The afternoons were given over to the dogged pursuit of the elusive pigskin.

The reader will not fail to remark the record-book bound in pigskin as a resemblance in detail to Longfellow's version.

But always, with a pigskin tucked in the hollow of his arm, there followed a slender torch of red.

Other patterns in less common use are those resembling morocco leather, pigskin, and patterns in fancy designs.

The alarm in the pigskin traveling clock Bird had given Hall as a going-away gift went on at eight.

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