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sheepskin

[sheep-skin] / ˈʃipˌskɪn /






NOUN
parchment
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Sheepskin was pieced together in a Dark Ages collage; cashmere capes swept the floor.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2022

Among this summer’s newest entrants are Balenciaga and Overland Sheepskin Co.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2021

Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest Bill Callahan Farewell, misanthropy, hello happiness: Callahan’s sixth album under his own name was no less than one of the most unexpected turnarounds in American music.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2019

Still, “Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest” is perhaps Callahan’s most earnest record.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2019

Sheepskin, or goatskin, was used as a writing material, but its use was never general; ancient Egyptian documents written on skin or, as we should say, on parchment, are very few.

From The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir




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