wineskin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wineskin
Example Sentences
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On our way out of town, we detour to the Las Tres ZZZ wineskin factory, just outside the center.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
So kudos to young Uzbek superstar GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov for pouring some new wine in an old wineskin against Russian GM Andrey Esipenko at Dusseldorf.
From Washington Times • Feb. 21, 2023
"Empty" and "full" prompted him to suck in a quart of orangeade until his cheeks were taut as a wineskin, then squirt it all out.
From Time Magazine Archive
The 65-year old grandmother with a wineskin dangling around her neck watched through binoculars as the first bull rushed from the stalls as the clock struck 3.30 p.m.
From Time Magazine Archive
For purposes of comparison, the average backyard swimming pool is slightly larger than this Ptolemaic wineskin, containing about forty thousand gallons of water.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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