单词 | porpoise skin |
释义 | > as lemmasporpoise skin porpoise skin n. ΚΠ a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. N.vj His shooes of a porkepes skynne. 1756 Adams's Catal. Rarities (ed. 3) 2 Porpoise Skins, or Bracchio; such as they bring the Mountain Wines over the Hills in. 1870 Times 18 July 6/5 A pair of porpoise-skin shooting boots and a set of boot-trees. 1970 P. Lovesay Wobble to Death i. 12 Harvey sprinkled dusting powder in to the porpoise-skins, a pair fashioned for this race by Chadwick's Regimental cordwainer. 2000 Chem. & Industry (Nexis) 2 Oct. 628 Whale and porpoise skins make admirable leather. < as lemmas |
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