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  • noun Plural form of cowhide.

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Examples

  • For comparison, a sheet of paper is about .004 inches thick, so the cowhides are the equivalent of a stack of ten pieces of paper.

    WHY is the FOUL POLE FAIR? VINCE STATEN 2003

  • Most earned a living tanning the cowhides Hindus wouldn't handle.

    A Passage From India Gina Chon 2011

  • He sat up in his comfortable bed, which the Lilliputians had fashioned out of cowhides.

    Gulliver’s Travels Movie Novelization Sarah Willson 2010

  • Three dead cows, their huge carcasses pulverized to broken bones floating in precious bodily fluids inside intact cowhides.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • Three dead cows, their huge carcasses pulverized to broken bones floating in precious bodily fluids inside intact cowhides.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • Three dead cows, their huge carcasses pulverized to broken bones floating in precious bodily fluids inside intact cowhides.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • But beside them, the cowhides are being cut by a computer-guided laser that maps out the most efficient jigsaw pattern of seat shapes.

    A Smooth Ride 2007

  • Now while Hermes went to the cave in the rock and began to drive out the strong cattle, the son of Leto, looking aside, saw the cowhides on the sheer rock.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • The Concept Coupe's interior uses only three materials: stainless steel, untreated cowhides and Lycra fabric.

    Magnificent Mille 2006

  • There were several sheepskins and some cowhides, but only one coonskin — the one he had that moment bought.

    Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

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