Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thickening of the skin.
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This is very poor stuff and worthy only of a creature who combines with the intellectual development of a gorilla the pachymenia of the rhinoceros and the dental physiognomy of the wart-hog.
Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914 Various
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