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ˈeel-skin
[f. eel n. + skin.]
The skin of an eel. † merchant of eel-skins = ? rag and bone collector. Also attrib., as in eelskin-dress, a tight-fitting dress; eelskin-queue, ? a pig-tail.
1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 54 A marchaunt of eele skins. A marchaunt without either money or ware. 1595Shakes. John i. i. 141 My armes, such eele-skins stuft. a1613Overbury Charac., Drunken Dutchm., When he's drunke, you may thrust your hand into him like an eele-skin. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. (1849) 308 He directed that he should be carried to the grave with his eelskin queue sticking out of a hole in his coffin. 1881M. E. Braddon Asph. II. 226 Jersey jackets and eel-skin dresses. 1884Pall Mall G. 15 Mar. 4/1 A smooth-faced, vicious-looking fellow, dressed in a close cap and eelskin neckcloth. |