wash-leather
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wash-leather
First recorded in 1625–35
Example Sentences
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The gloves hung loose in his grip, yellow wash-leather gloves with buckles.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
A bung was cut to fit the top of the tube; a piece of wash-leather being placed over it, to ensure its being perfectly water tight.
From For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
During the morning and early afternoon you may see a number of men with little wash-leather bags or velvet-lined cases displaying their glittering merchandise to one another.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 by Various
She had a pretty, delicate, kind face, and was wearing large wash-leather gloves, in case she should wish to do a little gardening later on.
From The Limit by Ada Leverson
He next proceeded to draw on a pair of canary-coloured wash-leather gloves.
From Adventures of Bindle by Herbert George Jenkins
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