Definitions

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  • adjective resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable; leathery.

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  • adjective Resembling leather.

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  • adjective resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable

Etymologies

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leather +‎ -like

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Examples

  • • Cover seats with soil-repelling fabrics such as leatherlike vinyl or tapestry, which camouflages stains well.

    How To Avoid Housework PAULA JHUNG 1995

  • In place of the familiar cheerleader's sweater and skirt Flor Quintera was clad in pants and vest of white leatherlike material.

    A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

  • Both times, Todd grilled steak and burgers; his steaks were nothing at all like the hard, leatherlike meat they served at Remagen.

    Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010

  • Both times, Todd grilled steak and burgers; his steaks were nothing at all like the hard, leatherlike meat they served at Remagen.

    Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010

  • “My job is free,” said the stoker, and in full awareness of that circumstance he put his hands into the pockets of his creased, leatherlike, iron-gray trousers and flung his legs across the bed in order to stretch them.

    The Metamorphosis, in The Penal Colony,and Other Stories Franz Kafka 2000

  • She had always thought the Shadowhunters trained in their tough, leatherlike gear, but as it turned out, that was for later training, which involved weapons.

    City of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009

  • She had always thought the Shadowhunters trained in their tough, leatherlike gear, but as it turned out, that was for later training, which involved weapons.

    Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

  • It is replacing its decor of Tiffany lamps and roller skates with custom artwork and leatherlike upholstered furniture.

    Restaurants Feel Sting 2008

  • She hefted a large leatherlike handbag onto the table and removed a slate-blue, clothbound, old-fashioned accountant's ledger.

    The 6th Target Patterson, James, 1947- 2007

  • I saw with my own eyes how my hand was crisped and leatherlike, the skin split to reveal cooked inner tissue, looking for all the world like the seared flesh of a suckling pig.

    July 18, 1871 Holly 2006

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