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
Almost as soon as he was installed a new swan came upon the waters, huge and flat-beaked, with yellow fleshings to his mandibles.
From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Marson, Charles L. (Charles Latimer)
Jove! with these fleshings I feel as self-conscious as an untried chorus girl.
From Man on the Box by MacGrath, Harold
At the first I thought," said Lady Violet, "that they were attired in painted fleshings, but upon using my glass, it was clear that I was mistaken.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
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
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