Cordovan
Americannoun
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a native or inhabitant of Córdoba, Spain.
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(lowercase) a soft, smooth leather originally made at Córdoba of goatskin but later made also of split horsehide, pigskin, etc.
adjective
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of Córdoba, Spain.
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(lowercase) designating or made of cordovan.
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Cordovan
Vocabulary lists containing cordovan
Example Sentences
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That he is no great playwright is revealed by the raveled theme of Borderland, a melodrama which takes place in the hunting lodge of two bad brothers named Cordovan.
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The Cordovan boys have asked a pretty girl and her novelist fiance up for a houseparty.
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Where the path was not slick with ice, it was gooey with mud, but Bobby's scuffed Cordovan oxfords never faltered.
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In that north wing just eighty years before, in a room hung with old Cordovan leather, the fatal house-warming had been held.
From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John
A large easy-chair, covered with Cordovan leather, another curiously carved with a straight narrow strip up the back, set off by the side carving.
From A Little Girl in Old Salem by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
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