snakeskin

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Rows of leather, snakeskin, and peau de soie shoes in which to strut a million miles.

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  • Each had the apparent fragility of snakeskin, but was metallic except for an underlay of leather. —  Serpents's Silver
  • Her hair was varicolored like the snakeskin, her eyes a teasing amber. —  The Many-Coloured Land -- Julian May
  • But I don't The Devil watched Punky stand, brush himself off, and reach for his snakeskin briefcase. —  F ;SF; - vol 099 issue 04-05 - October-November 2000
  • The body of the garment consisted of an enormous snakeskin, the hide of a giant boa constrictor. —  001 - The Man of Bronze
  • Aglitter to his neck in the electronic snakeskin, he eased his hands carefully, finger by finger, inside the gloves. —  FIASCO - Stanislaw Lem
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