lionskin

Hercules — a "bear" in current gay parlance — his Nemean lionskin knotted proudly at his sternum.

The Shape of Thighs to Come Collins, Amy Fine 2007

He might have been suggesting that Palisar order a new lionskin for him, rather than asking Palisar to upset every well-born princess in the court, and shock half of his courtiers numb and insensible.

The White Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1995

They began to back away, and the chariot began to threaten the lionskin-clad band of Pompey's standard-bearers immediately behind.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

Philip settled down in his blankets, his head resting on his folded lionskin chabraque, and gazed at the bright stars - so distant, so far from all the troubles of the world.

Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

Philip settled down in his blankets, his head resting on his folded lionskin chabraque, and gazed at the bright stars - so distant, so far from all the troubles of the world.

Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

His clothes were rich, but with something antique about them: great studs of worked bronze, a helmet of burnished silver, a lionskin cloak with the teeth and claws.

The Bull From The Sea Renault, Mary 1962

But at that moment, mounted on a wild and unbridled steed, and covered with a lionskin, Pride (Superbia), her hair built up like a tower, menaces Humility (Mens humilis).

A Mere Accident 1892

During a quarter of an hour, Tartarin promenaded up and down in the rooms in the midst of his brother marksmen, speaking to them of his journey and his hunting, and promising to send them skins; they put their names down in his memorandum-book for a lionskin apiece, as waltzers book for a dance.

Tartarin of Tarascon Alphonse Daudet 1868

The contradiction in which the religious individual is involved with the political individual is the same contradiction in which the bourgeois is involved with the citizen, in which the member of bourgeois society is involved with his political lionskin.

Selected Essays Karl Marx 1850

Afterward decked out his couple in mute masquerade: lionskin

Erotica Romana Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1790