skin bookn.

Brit.

/ˈskɪn bʊk/, U.S.

/ˈskɪn ˌbʊk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on an Icelandic lexical item. Etymons: skin n., book n.

Etymology: < skin n. + book n. In later use of sense 1 after Icelandic skinnbók (1818 or earlier) or Danish skindbog (1810 or earlier with reference to Icelandic manuscripts); compare Old Icelandic skinna (see note in etymology at skin n.).

1. A book made of parchment or vellum, esp. one containing literary works from medieval Iceland or Scandinavia. Also: a book bound in skin.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > book of specific form or colour > [noun] > made of specific material

block-book1738

parchmentarian1808

skin book1820

bamboo-book1877

1820 Times 16 Dec. 4/4 (advt.) The stock..comprises..drawing and writing paper, portfolios, cards, card cases, skin books, and sundries.

1838 Amer. Monthly Mag. Jan. 104 It contains also many fac-similes of the famed Skin Books of Iceland.

1883 G. Stephens S. Bugge's Stud. N. Mythol. 33 The oldest known Swedish skin-book dates after 1250.

1911 J. Munro in F. J. Furnivall: Vol. of Personal Rec. Pref. p. xlv The vast mass of untouched material for lexicographical purposes which lay concealed in the skin-books of our fathers.

1996 J. Jochens Old Norse Images of Women (Conclusion) 207 The four female images..first emerged in the poetry of Codex Regius, that little black skin book now treasured in Reykjavík.

2. slang. A pornographic book or magazine; a cheap paperback with erotic subject matter. Cf. skin magazine n. at skin n. Compounds 5.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > pornography > example of

pornograph1890

skin book1961

1961 Canad. Forum Oct. 155/1 For the break-through to open bosoms..we had to await the advent of Playboy, Swank Gent, Escapade, Caper, Rogue and the rest of the skin-books.

1986 J. D. Hamilton Bob Friday's Other Eye ix. 44 There were a few pulp magazines and some skin books in the rec room.

2004 B. Cox Quicksilver Deep i. 11 He was..reading a magazine, a skin book by the looks of it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	skin book
释义	skin bookn. Brit. /ˈskɪn bʊk/, U.S. /ˈskɪn ˌbʊk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on an Icelandic lexical item. Etymons: skin n., book n. Etymology: < skin n. + book n. In later use of sense 1 after Icelandic skinnbók (1818 or earlier) or Danish skindbog (1810 or earlier with reference to Icelandic manuscripts); compare Old Icelandic skinna (see note in etymology at skin n.). 1. A book made of parchment or vellum, esp. one containing literary works from medieval Iceland or Scandinavia. Also: a book bound in skin. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > book of specific form or colour > [noun] > made of specific material block-book1738 parchmentarian1808 skin book1820 bamboo-book1877 1820 Times 16 Dec. 4/4 (advt.) The stock..comprises..drawing and writing paper, portfolios, cards, card cases, skin books, and sundries. 1838 Amer. Monthly Mag. Jan. 104 It contains also many fac-similes of the famed Skin Books of Iceland. 1883 G. Stephens S. Bugge's Stud. N. Mythol. 33 The oldest known Swedish skin-book dates after 1250. 1911 J. Munro in F. J. Furnivall: Vol. of Personal Rec. Pref. p. xlv The vast mass of untouched material for lexicographical purposes which lay concealed in the skin-books of our fathers. 1996 J. Jochens Old Norse Images of Women (Conclusion) 207 The four female images..first emerged in the poetry of Codex Regius, that little black skin book now treasured in Reykjavík. 2. slang. A pornographic book or magazine; a cheap paperback with erotic subject matter. Cf. skin magazine n. at skin n. Compounds 5. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > pornography > example of pornograph1890 skin book1961 1961 Canad. Forum Oct. 155/1 For the break-through to open bosoms..we had to await the advent of Playboy, Swank Gent, Escapade, Caper, Rogue and the rest of the skin-books. 1986 J. D. Hamilton Bob Friday's Other Eye ix. 44 There were a few pulp magazines and some skin books in the rec room. 2004 B. Cox Quicksilver Deep i. 11 He was..reading a magazine, a skin book by the looks of it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1820
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