leathern

American

[leth-ern] / ˈlɛð ərn /

adjective

made of leather.
resembling leather.

leathern British

/ ˈlɛðən /

adjective

archaic made of or resembling leather

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Etymology

Origin of leathern

before 1000; Middle English, Old English lether ( e ) n. See leather, -en ²

Example Sentences

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In November, Leathern had tweeted that Facebook did not have “the technical ability in the short term to enable political ads by state or by advertiser.”

From Reuters

Rob Leathern, director of product management, said earlier this month on Facebook’s internal network that he would be leaving the company on Dec. 30.

From Reuters

Leathern said in the post that he was “leaving Facebook to work on consumer privacy beyond just ads and social media,” without disclosing where he was headed.

From Reuters

Leathern was often the public face of the company’s controversial political advertising policies.

From Reuters

But the company has no technical ability to turn on political ads for a specific state or advertiser, Rob Leathern, a Facebook ads executive, tweeted Wednesday.

From Washington Post

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