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buckskin 1. the skin of a male deer 2. a stiffly starched cotton cloth 3. a strong satin-woven woollen fabric 4. greyish-yellow How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one -- I mean a downright bumpkin dandy --a fellow that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanning his hands. Those buckskin legs and calves of legs I've seen in shop windows wouldn't compare at all. His gun is lavishly decorated with brass tacks and vermilion, and provided with a fringed cover, occasionally of buckskin, ornamented here and there with a feather. |
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