sealskinned en · ADJ
Etymology
From sealskin + -ed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Dressed in a sealskin.
The sealskinned gentleman received the tire, placed it inside the car, gazed intently at the ex-coachman, and muttered to himself inscrutable words.
1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Fifth Wheel”, in Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC: