pigskin

Example Sentences

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Any fan with a sacred good luck ritual and any player who’s thanked the man upstairs for a touchdown knows the two overlap as tightly as a freshly laced pigskin.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

The pigskin hit Polk’s hands and bounced into the air, before the sophomore receiver collected it for a circus 29-yard score.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2024

They’re tasked with cradling a pigskin under each arm and crawling the roundtrip width of Alaska Airlines Field — 106.6 yards.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2023

While my favorite cousins Vic and Plas and our best friend Art ruled neighborhood pigskin games and Madden, my noodle arm and butterfingers read books and articles about the sport’s past.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2023

In order to pay he had taken off pigskin gloves.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri