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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If I don't rub down quickly I'm afraid these goose fleshings will freeze into pebbles.
From Jane Allen, Junior by Bancroft, Edith
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
After an early breakfast Cleofonte and Luigi retired to the dressing tent, emerging after a while in gorgeous costumes of pink fleshings and spangles, their hair well greased with pomatum, their mustachios elaborately curled.
From Madcap by Gibbs, George
The donning of fleshings for the first time is an occasion of anxiety to anyone, man or woman.
From Life on the Stage by Morris, Clara
Jove! with these fleshings I feel as self-conscious as an untried chorus girl.
From Man on the Box by MacGrath, Harold
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