ooze leather


noun
  1. leather prepared from calfskin or other skin and having a soft, velvety finish on the flesh side.

Origin of ooze leather

1
First recorded in 1885–90

Words Nearby ooze leather

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How to use ooze leather in a sentence

  • He slapped the table with Henry Van Dyke in ooze leather for emphasis.

    The Fighting Shepherdess  | Caroline Lockhart
  • The small top drawer may be lined with ooze leather for holding silverware.

    Mission Furniture | H. H. Windsor

British Dictionary definitions for ooze leather

ooze leather

noun
  1. a very soft leather with a suedelike finish

Origin of ooze leather

1
C19: from ooze 1 (sense 6)

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