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  • noun The quality of being leathery.

Etymologies

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leathery +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • As time has gone on from my initial impression I detect more of the patchouli that I had previously as well as a bit more of the vanilla that Colombina wrote of- none of which detracts from the bewitching smoky leatheriness of this scent.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Marina Geigert 2007

  • Other notes include cedar, white lotus, beeswax, patchouli and labdanum, and create a smooth ambery-fougere with hints of suede-like leatheriness, mostly resulting from the presence of the above mentioned Seville lavender and labdanum.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Ayala Sender 2007

  • Other notes include cedar, white lotus, beeswax, patchouli and labdanum, and create a smooth ambery-fougere with hints of suede-like leatheriness, mostly resulting from the presence of the above mentioned Seville lavender and labdanum.

    Goats and Lavender Ayala Sender 2007

  • I love the slight leatheriness of eggplant's skin, like an expensive handbag.

    Archive 2006-06-01 2006

  • I love the slight leatheriness of eggplant's skin, like an expensive handbag.

    Chang's of Brentwood - Miami Vice Chinese Paradise 2006

  • And if I removed it, positioning the phone between my naked shoulder and my ear, that my skin with its natural leatheriness would make for a better phone holder.

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2004

  • The high heat of a hot oven or frying pan does this most effectively; slow cooking at a low oven temperature can desiccate the skin while its collagen is intact, and preserve its leatheriness.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • The high heat of a hot oven or frying pan does this most effectively; slow cooking at a low oven temperature can desiccate the skin while its collagen is intact, and preserve its leatheriness.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • What concerned him was that the legs, the oddly undamaged arms, and the back of this corpse had a leatheriness usually associated with the secretive members of the Aridimi priesthood, who all but mummified themselves while they still lived.

    Acorna's Rebels McCaffrey, Anne 2003

  • But your skin is fair, showing none of the leatheriness one gets from prolongedexposure to this sun.

    The Queen of Air and Darkness Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1973

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