fishskin

American  

[fish-skin] / ˈfɪʃˌskɪn /

noun

Slang.

1. a condom.

2. a dollar bill.

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Etymology

Origin of fishskin

1645–55, for literal sense; fish + skin

Example Sentences

Believe it or not, Mr. Chips was young once, and so was Robert Donat, whose fishskin makeup in the first sequences is the most thorough- going physical transformation since the days of Lon Chancy.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the 1930s and '40s, metal and leather, the staples of shoemaking, were scarce in wartime Italy, so he experimented with what came to hand -- straw, raffia, bark, even fishskin.

From Time Magazine Archive

In summer their clothing is of sealskin and fishskin; and in winter it is of the thicker reindeer hides.

From A Treasury of Eskimo Tales by Carlson, George

There was a girdle round her loins made of dried puff-balls strung together, and a fishskin pouch hung from that, in which were the charms she used in her prophesying.

From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

If you had worn a boy's coat, or a fishskin, always, I had sense enough to see that it was a saint at play.

From The Mermaid A Love Tale by Dougall, Lily