noun
Etymology
Origin of cowskin
Example Sentences
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Gaucho-inspired touches like cowskin rugs and old-fashioned wooden wardrobes are complemented by a small pool and chic public spaces.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2020
Wood floors are covered with chic cowskin rugs and a wood-framed bed is piled with sheepskins, a thick duvet and down pillows.
From Time Magazine Archive
The other half of Paradiso's artwork was a mucca finta, a fake cow, a four-wheeled chassis draped in a cowskin.
From Time Magazine Archive
They consist simply of a piece of raw cowskin, with the hair outside, laced over the toe and round the heel with two ends of fishing-line that work round and are tied above the instep.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
"The poor wretch says he knew himself by his bottle nose and his cowskin waistcoat; and, to be sure, there is no such nose in the parish—thank Heaven for't!—and not many such waistcoats."
From International Short Stories English by Various
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