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Meaning of PIGSKIN

Pronunciation:  'pig`skin

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  leather from the skin of swine
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Pig"skin`\, n.
    A football; -- so called because the covering is often made
    of pigskin. [Colloq.]
    
  2. \Pig"skin`\, n.
    The skin of a pig, -- used chiefly for making saddles; hence,
    a colloquial or slang term for a saddle.
    
 

 

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