pigskin

[ pig-skin ]

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noun

the skin of a pig.
leather made from it.

Informal. a saddle.
Informal. a football.

Origin of pigskin

First recorded in 1850–55; pig¹ + skin

Words Nearby pigskin

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How to use pigskin in a sentence

Spiraling pigskins tend to visibly wobble at either a slow or fast frequency, depending on how the ball is thrown, researchers report online June 23 in the ASME Open Journal of Engineering.
Spiraling footballs wobble at one of two specific frequencies | Nikk Ogasa | August 16, 2022 | Science News
A tough, waterproof pigskin leather on the palms resists tears if you use them to put on chains during a powder day or gather wood for your après fire.
My Favorite Winter Gloves for Various Activities | Jakob Schiller | February 3, 2021 | Outside Online
The idea was to get the “pigskin” into the opposing village by any means possible.
Up To a Point: Oops, I Enjoyed Soccer | P. J. O’Rourke | July 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Christie gave Obama a teddy bear he won with his pigskin-tossing prowess.
Obama Escapes Scandals in New Jersey, but What’s in It for Christie? | David Freedlander | May 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
In the sports world, she is a “ pigskin princess,” who loves Eli Manning and enjoys the chicken fingers at Giants Stadium.
The Dragon Tattoo Dynasty | Rebecca Dana | August 26, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST

The afternoons were given over to the dogged pursuit of the elusive pigskin.
The Varmint | Owen Johnson
The reader will not fail to remark the record-book bound in pigskin as a resemblance in detail to Longfellow's version.
The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney Hartland
But always, with a pigskin tucked in the hollow of his arm, there followed a slender torch of red.
Red Dynamite | Roy J. Snell
Other patterns in less common use are those resembling morocco leather, pigskin, and patterns in fancy designs.
The Building of a Book | Various
The alarm in the pigskin traveling clock Bird had given Hall as a going-away gift went on at eight.
The Five Arrows | Allan Chase

British Dictionary definitions for pigskin

pigskin

/ (ˈpɪɡˌskɪn) /

noun

the skin of the domestic pig
leather made of this skin

US and Canadian informal a football

adjective

made of pigskin

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