noun
Etymology
Origin of cowskin
Example Sentences
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Gaucho-inspired touches like cowskin rugs and old-fashioned wooden wardrobes are complemented by a small pool and chic public spaces.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2020
Wood floors are covered with chic cowskin rugs and a wood-framed bed is piled with sheepskins, a thick duvet and down pillows.
From Time Magazine Archive
The other half of Paradiso's artwork was a mucca finta, a fake cow, a four-wheeled chassis draped in a cowskin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lavender was there with his cowskin, grinnin' like a chessy cat, and crackin' it about, ready for business.
From The Clockmaker Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
They consist simply of a piece of raw cowskin, with the hair outside, laced over the toe and round the heel with two ends of fishing-line that work round and are tied above the instep.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
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