roadkill

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But I don't think I've ever seen somebody turning roadkill -- that is, animals that have already died -- into something wearable.

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  1. noun An animal or animals killed by being struck by a motor vehicle.
  2. noun Slang One that has failed or been defeated and is no longer worthy of consideration: "Many radio rightists betray a truculent nostalgia for the old foes who became their roadkill” (Richard Corliss).

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  • "About as yummy-looking as barbecued roadkill," Keim commented. —  Muller, Marcia - [20] - While Other People Sleep
  • He leapt in the rover and roared it back off the roadkill, and then jumped out again. —  Futures Imperfect
  • She confessed to having slept beside Slauter's dead body for several hours before rolling it into the quarry, which explained the postmortem lividity According to the article, the blood in Tommy's car turned out to be that of roadkill--a raccoon Tommy had picked up to dissect for biology class. —  EQMM, July2006
  • He was a guy who had never seen anything dead before apart from roadkill, the chipmunks and the rabbits and the occasional stinking skunk on the leafy lanes near his home.
  • Well Hwang applies a deeper focus than you realized could be spent on roadkill, such a ubiquitous sight on our roads that we begin to ignore its everyday presence. —  GreenCine Daily
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