Leatherette

Quick meaning: Leatherette is a noun meaning (also attributive) A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather.

Meaning

(also attributive) A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather.

More Meanings

1. (slang) A person, especially a woman, who dresses in leather or imitation leather.

Example Sentences

Fishnet leatherette / Pussy Galore / Pseudo Sumo wrestler / On the door

Quick let's make love, / Before we die. / On Warm Leatherette, / Join the carcrash set.

[T]he pink throats of gramophones opened their giant convolutions in a soundless chorus; or bicycles shining in neat ranks seemed to await the signal of an invisible starter; or tiers of fancy-goods in leatherette and paste and celluloid dangled their insidious graces; [...]

The present bound book will be changed to a loose-leaf one, by shearing off the back and punching the leaves to fit an up-to-date cover. We have obtained a neat, classy, leatherette cover for this purpose, using imitation leather because it is neater than cloth, and cheaper and more durable than real leather.

Word Forms

• leatherettes

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include leatherboard, formica, pellicule, laminex, pancake, sheepskin.

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