kidskin
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈkɪdˌskɪn/
:
piel de cabrito
- There was the kidskin calendar embossed with his name, a full calendar with his departures to mostly foreign cities; there, too, the dead wife, handsome, the grown sons with merely pretty wives.
- kidskin gloves
- pair of kidskin
- Italian kidskin
Examples
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Livre told Claude to take the vest from the wooden dress dummy, then pulled a pair of kidskin gloves from a pegboard on which a half-dozen other pairs hung limply.
Fiction book (1992) -
"A big, white kidskin leather couch with a glass-top coffee table in front of it."
Fiction book (1999) -
She held out a dainty hand, gloved in kidskin against the cold.
Fiction book (1992) -
Leonard had been so taken up with Jasper that he was oblivious to the fact that he had turned the pool backwash lever and that water was gushing out over his kidskin loafers.
Fiction book (1996) -
The bookseller took Claude to the back rooms to change into the livery: a velvet vest with twelve ivory buttons and a pair of kidskin gloves.
Fiction book (1992) -
The boy's fingers trembled as he slipped the tiny almond-flavored rodent into his short pants and sidled toward the door as the man extracted a crisp new hundred krone note from his kidskin wallet.
Fiction book (2002) -
The fashion designer chose kidskin for the gloves because it is both soft and durable.
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She wore elegant kidskin shoes to the gala, which complemented her evening gown beautifully.
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Crafted from high-quality kidskin, the handbag felt luxurious and smooth in her hands.
Synonyms
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1.0
The skin of an animal made smooth and used to make items like shoes and bags
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8.4
Soft leather from a young goat used for gloves or shoes
4
6.0
Leather from the skin of a young calf that is smooth and strong
3
4.8
Leather made from the skin of a goat used to make things like gloves or drum covers
2
4.2
Skin from a young sheep with wool that people use to make warm clothes
Soft leather made from goat skin for small items
A fine soft leather from goatskin used for book covers and wallets
Soft, strong leather from a goat used for book covers and small items
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Morphology
Etymology
The word kidskin is simply kid + skin: kid means 'young goat' and skin means 'hide', so it was the hide of young goats. That's why kidskin now means a very soft, smooth leather used for gloves and fine clothes.