Definitions
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- noun
trousers and other clothing made frombuckskin
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun breeches made of buckskin
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Examples
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"It seems to me that WVU invites the use of the term ‘hillbilly’ when its own mascot is a ‘mountaineer’ - unshaven, clad in buckskins and a coonskin hat, chewing tobacco and toting a musket," he added "andres
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The gentleman of the buckskins was the proprietor, with whose bailiff Harry Wakefield had dealt, or was in the act of dealing.
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The gentleman of the buckskins was the proprietor, with whose bailiff Harry Wakefield had dealt, or was in the act of dealing.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827 Various
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One Delaware chief still held out for neutrality, announcing that if he had to side with either set of combatants it would be with the "buckskins," or backwoodsmen, and not with the red-coats; but the bulk of the warriors sympathized with the Half King of the Wyandots when he said that the
The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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Sorry Sarah, go put on your buckskins and disappear into the tundra.
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And yet, and yet . . . he is Davy Crockett, the American's American, folk hero and icon, exemplar of frontier independence, template of man at home alone in the wilderness, teller of tales, drinker of whiskey, a sharpshooting legend in buckskins and a coonskin cap, famous in his own time and ours.
An Inexplicable Gift for Fame Henry Allen 2011
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“Even the traders will be wearing it with their buckskins.”
Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011
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No wine but I did have a coonskin cap AND a set of kid-sized buckskins--fringed vest, pants--and a set of moccasins, which I do believe I wore to Disneyland.
Davy Crockett Steve Perry 2010
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The Nermernuh had arrived in town in buckskins and breechclouts.
EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON S. C. Gwynne 2010
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Both were dressed in warbonnets, buckskins, and moccasins.
EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON S. C. Gwynne 2010
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