snakeskin

English

Etymology

snake +‎ skin

Noun

snakeskin (countable and uncountable, plural snakeskins)

  1. The skin of a snake

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Adjective

snakeskin (not comparable)

  1. Made of snakeskin.
    • 1932, Dorothy L Sayers, chapter 10, in Have His Carcase:
      Sort of dago fellow; leads the orchestra down at the Winter Gardens ... You know the sort, all lah-di-dah and snakeskin shoes.
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