sheepskin

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The inner side of this sheepskin is the skin, while the outer is the fleece, which could keep your feet warm during cold weather and cool during hot weather.

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  1. noun The skin of a sheep either tanned with the fleece left on or in the form of leather or parchment.
  2. noun Informal A diploma.

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  • "All their pelt cloaks are new sheepskin, and their scrapers are new," said Tormes. —  F ;SF - vol 103 issue 06 - December 2002
  • (15 June 2006) - Isolyn for their texture-heavy rugs that blend in felted cocoons and bubbles with sustainable materials like leather, sheepskin, and wool. —  Cool Hunting
  • The inner side of this sheepskin is the skin, while the outer is the fleece, which could keep your feet warm during cold weather and cool during hot weather. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • All the plots were platted out on sheepskin, and some are still available.
  • It happens to be that originally sheepskin was the way we delivered comfort, but we're now diversifying the product in such a way that comfort is being delivered with varying degrees of using sheepskin in some of our products that are selling through quite well. —  Retail Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
 

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/ˈʃipskɪn/
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