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buckskins

British  
/ ˈbʌkˌskɪnz /

plural noun

  1. (in the US and Canada) breeches, shoes, or a suit of buckskin

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In the wake of the ad’s success, Iron Eyes Cody, in long braids and buckskins, filmed three follow-up P.S.A.s.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2023

Astonishingly, he accomplished all this in less than a year, while dressed, most of the time, in beaded buckskins topped off with a feathered war bonnet.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2018

One in buckskins was Pete Gusenius, of Keldron, South Dakota, who said he’s been looking forward to the screening ever since it was OK’d by the studio last month.

From Washington Times • Jan. 7, 2016

In his buckskins — his Army uniform having long since fallen apart — Lewis, apparently, looked too much like an elk to Cruzatte.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2015

He dressed in the finest white buckskins his moccasins were perfectly sewn.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

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