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leopardskin en · NOUN

Etymology

From leopard + skin.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The skin or pelt of a leopard.
2. (countable, uncountable) Such a skin forming a simple article of clothing.
   • Opposite him was the Fat Lady, red-faced and laughing. Beside her, the India-rubber Man wound spaghetti on to a fork with an expression of deepest melancholy. Further down the table, the Strong Man, an overcoat covering his leopard-skin, talked garrulously. 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 26:
   • I turned, and followed him down the passage, and when we reached the great central cave saw that many Amahagger, some robed, and some merely clad in the sweet simplicity of a leopard skin, were hurrying along it. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
3. (attributive, uncountable) A design, especially on fabric, similar to the markings of a leopard.

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Translations (3)

el παρδαλή (Translations) · grc παρδαλῆ (Translations) · grc παρδαλέη (Translations)