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sheepskin

[ sheep-skin ]

noun

  1. the skin of a sheep, especially such a skin dressed with the wool on, as for a garment.
  2. leather, parchment, or the like, made from the skin of sheep.
  3. Informal. a diploma.


adjective

  1. made from the skin of a sheep.
  2. (of a garment) lined with the skin of a sheep dressed with the wool on.

sheepskin

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noun

    1. the skin of a sheep, esp when used for clothing, etc, or with the fleece removed and used for parchment
    2. ( as modifier )

      a sheepskin coat

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sheepskin1

First recorded in 1150–1200, sheepskin is from the Middle English word shepskinn. See sheep, skin
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He also had custom sheepskin chair covers for the front and back.

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Chused has used oversized leather club chairs draped with sheepskin to create nests by the fireplace.

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Around 11, I tanned five sheepskins to make my first leather jacket.

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A vast ocean of stars glitters in the night sky over traditional sheepskin tents in remote Mongolia.

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Bar in 1873, she sent a letter to President Ulysses S. Grant, who was president ex officio of the National University Law School, to demand her sheepskin.

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