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white leather

noun

  1. leather treated with chemicals, as alum or salt; tawed leather.



white leather

noun

  1. Also called: whitleatherleather that has been treated with a chemical, such as alum or salt, to make it white

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of white leather1

1400–50; late Middle English; whitleather
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Example Sentences

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"He was wearing this white leather jacket and just seemed really, really fun. He said how nice my dress was."

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Combs would regularly bring "random women" there to party, turning up with an entourage of dozens of people in "three white jeeps, with white rims and white leather seats", they say.

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A block away from my house, I see a dozen Manifestors wearing gold-plated tribal masks and white leather jumpsuits rush through my front door.

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One video opens with a large white leather handbag covered in the signature LV logo of Louis Vuitton.

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Hachimura and his friends found a local high school diamond where he once again held a baseball, the white leather comfortably sitting against his overgrown hands.

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