moleskins

/ ˈməʊlˌskɪnz /

plural noun

A few had stopped to get their coats, but most of them wore nothing over their soil-and toil-stained shirts and moleskins.

And diggers came up with their flannels and moleskins yellow and heavy, and dripping with wet 'mullock'.

The collecting of moleskins has been forbidden by the Belgian Government except in gardens.

He then unbuttoned the black, and next the right-hand pocket of the white moleskins, in which he carried his money.

Moleskins, says a news item, are now worth eighteen-pence each.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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