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goatskin

[goht-skin] / ˈgoʊtˌskɪn /


NOUN
parchment
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“But at the end of the day, there’s going to be a shortage,” he said, noting that the $185 “personal size” edition of the English Standard Version in blue goatskin already has sold out.

From Washington Times Oct. 18, 2021

Over the bridge, the old city’s bazaar, lined with shops selling souvenirs, trinkets, kebabs and goatskin and kilim rugs, is deserted.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2019

They’re defined by the sharp scrawl of the ghaita, a double-reed instrument, and the resounding pound of the tebel drum, which is made of goatskin and struck with wooden sticks.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2019

From out of the velvet pouch came the vellum crafted from goatskin, its ink three days a-drying on the 20 bills.

From The Guardian May 8, 2013

Old Betonie pointed at a woolly brown goatskin on the floor below the sky hole.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko




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