noun
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the skin of the domestic pig
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leather made of this skin
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informal a football
adjective
Etymology
Origin of pigskin
Example Sentences
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Much of that resolve was forged thanks to a childhood game that Easley called dynamite pigskin.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2025
They’re so efficient at moving the pigskin that opposing coaches don’t see going for it on fourth down as an option so much as a necessity.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2023
It is a riveting account, though its pleasures — like those of watching grown men nearly kill one another over a pigskin — are ultimately distressing.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2023
Then he saw it: his “Bolt Hero,” with its bulging yellow biceps and glowing blue eyes, wielding both lightning bolts and pigskin behind Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert on a desirable football card.
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023
In order to pay he had taken off pigskin gloves.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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