pigskin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of pig + skin. The American football is a direct descendant of the ball used in the game of rugby. The rugby ball originally was made of a pig’s bladder with a leather cover; the earliest versions of the leather exterior sometimes were made of pigskin.
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Noun[edit]
pigskin (plural pigskins)
- The skin of a pig.
- 2009, Zushe Yosef Blech, Kosher Food Production, page 318:
- In addition, most gelatins made today are produced from pigskins, which are not subject to this consideration.
- Leather made from the skin of a pig.
- Synonym: hoghide
- 2016, Robert Maddock, The 1,300 Years’ War: Volume One:
- Those killed fighting his troops would be buried in pigskins.
- (US, slang) A football.
- 2011, J. H. Holland, Dsi: Diddly Squat Investigation, page 35:
- “We gotta find those pigskins!” Squat insisted. “Pigskins?” Diddly asked. With obvious disdain, Squat replied, “Yeah, you know, that is what they call footballs, dummy.”
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Translations[edit]
leather made from the skin of a pig
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References[edit]
- Apple #356, The Football's Shape, http://dailyapple.blogspot.com/