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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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
One of the three was fantastically arrayed as a cannibal chief, in brown fleshings, with cuffs upon his ankles, gaudy decorations about his neck, and huge rings in nose and ears.
From The Lighted Match by Schabelitz, R. F.
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
Jove! with these fleshings I feel as self-conscious as an untried chorus girl.
From Man on the Box by MacGrath, Harold
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
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