What does hogskin mean?
Hogskin means Leather tanned from the skin of a hog.
Hogskin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hogskin is a noun meaning Leather tanned from the skin of a hog.
Meaning
Leather tanned from the skin of a hog.
More Meanings
- The skin of a pig used as a bottle for water or wine.
Example Sentences
Other Arabs were filling black hog-skins with water—skins which, well filled, and distended with water till the short legs projected painfully out of the proper line, looked like the corpses of hogs bloated by drowning.
My spiritual backbone stiffened, and I held my head high, looking all men in the eyes. And I did these things, not that I was an egotist, not that I was impervious to the critical glances of my fellows, but because of a certain hogskin belt, plethoric and sweat-bewrinkled, which buckled next the skin above the hips.
Word Forms
- hogskins
Synonyms for hogskin
Depending on context, synonyms include hoghide, pighide, pigskin.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hemlock leather, horsehide, hogshit, ham hock, hoggan, hide.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for hogskin?
Common synonyms include hoghide, pighide, pigskin.
How do you use hogskin in a sentence?
Other Arabs were filling black hog-skins with water—skins which, well filled, and distended with water till the short legs projected painfully out of the proper line, looked like the corpses of hogs bloated by drowning.
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