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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Instead, his toe slammed hard into the ground directly behind the pigskin, leaving holder Jamie Gillan to scramble with the ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
Harbaugh indeed arrived as a mixture of thunder and lightning, both charming and disarming Thursday’s crowd with a mesh of motivation and eccentricity all soaked in old-school pigskin talk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
DK clearly thought Warner — who had pitched the ball to a teammate after Metcalf wrapped him up — still had possession of the pigskin.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
William Burr, a senior analyst at the nonprofit National Security Archive at George Washington University, published a report Tuesday detailing his recent research into the presidential pigskin.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
“I’ve been keeping this pigskin for something like this,” he said.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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