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 Edith Bancroft
Jove! with these fleshings I feel as self-conscious as an untried chorus girl.
From Man on the Box by Harold MacGrath
Meanwhile, a little man in fleshings and a cocked hat addressed the audience.
From In the Days of My Youth by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
One of the three was fantastically arrayed as a cannibal chief, in brown fleshings, with cuffs upon his ankles, gaudy decorations about his neck, and huge rings in nose and ears.
From The Lighted Match by R. F. Schabelitz
Scarlet and yellow booths, gilded roundabouts, sword-swallowers in purple fleshings, Amazons in green plush and spangles were gay enough.
From Essays in Rebellion by Henry W. Nevinson
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