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  • noun Plural form of oxskin.

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Examples

  • Fires were lit, and—after a fourteen hours’ fast—we feasted royally on beans and rice and pork and beef, seated around oxskins spread upon the ground.

    VI. Through the Highland Wilderness of Western Brazil 1914

  • In these days a small wooden sleigh was given to Caius, to which he might harness his horse, and in which he might sit snug among oxskins if he preferred that sort of travelling to riding.

    The Mermaid A Love Tale Lily Dougall 1890

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