fleshings
Americannoun
plural noun
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flesh-coloured tights
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bits of flesh scraped from the hides or skins of animals
Etymology
Origin of fleshings
First recorded in 1830–40; flesh + (stock)ings
Example Sentences
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Dealers in faded wardrobes,—merchants in tinsel and rouge de théâtre,—retailers of wigs and fleshings and all manner of stage wares, seemed one with another to have made the locality their home.
From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian
Meanwhile, a little man in fleshings and a cocked hat addressed the audience.
From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
The man before him was no other than the one he had seen next door, dressed in red fleshings as Satan.
From A Husband by Proxy by Steele, Jack
When the young gymnast came in turn to me, radiant in his salmon fleshings and blue trunks, with slippers and bows to match, I could not help asking him if he was an Italian.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by James, Henry
Outside the circus-booth, high up on a platform, stood the clowns in their dingy fleshings and faded scarlet trunks.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various
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