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kidskin

[kid-skin]
noun
  1. leather made from the skin of a young goat; kid.
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adjective
  1. made of kidskin: kidskin gloves.
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Origin of kidskin

First recorded in 1635–45; kid1 + skin
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Examples from the Web for kidskin

Historical Examples of kidskin

  • Again there was that vague suggestion of a steel trap covered with velvet, or kidskin.

    Gold Out of Celebes

    Aylward Edward Dingle

  • He gave her the basket, and with it, wrapped in a piece of kidskin, some of the same powder with which he had doctored the fruits.

    The Wizard

    H. Rider Haggard

British Dictionary definitions for kidskin

kidskin

noun
  1. a soft smooth leather made from the hide of a young goatOften shortened to: kid
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