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  • noun Plural form of pigskin.

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Examples

  • Early footballs were made from inflated pig bladders and somehow got the name pigskins.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • Early footballs were made from inflated pig bladders and somehow got the name pigskins.

    unknown title 2011

  • There are no actual snaps taken on stage – with just three actors playing athletes, that would be hard – and even the tossing of pigskins is kept to a minimum.

    Will Broadway's 'Lombardi' Be A Touchdown? AP 2010

  • At Monday's practice at Waterstone College, Mexico goalkeeping coach Alberto Aguilar kicked bouncing "pigskins," as the oblong-shaped American footballs are called, to his three charges

    Brownsville Herald : 2010

  • Why are pigskins and barbecue so popular at football watching parties?

    Meathead Goldwyn: Lip Smackin' Pigskin Cracklins Meathead Goldwyn 2011

  • Why are pigskins and barbecue so popular at football watching parties?

    Meathead Goldwyn: Lip Smackin' Pigskin Cracklins Meathead Goldwyn 2011

  • After the Academy Awards, we imagine ourselves strolling red carpets with bodacious arm-candy; after the NFL draft, we're sprinting down spot-lit fields with pigskins securely cradled in our arms; after the Olympics, we're lobbing javelins further than massive Czechs with unpronounceable surnames.

    David Bledin: Cappuccinos With Mussolini 2008

  • There's Napoleon's uncle, a former high-school football jock who continually throws pigskins past a camera on a tripod to show that he's still got it, then shows the videos to anyone who'll watch.

    The "I Got Nothin'" Review: Napoleon Dynamite shawnj 2004

  • This is done out of pigskins and out of hockey pucks and it's bracelets for $9.99, necklace for $11.99 if you want to give your favorite team.

    CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2006 2006

  • One variety of chicharrones has been a long time favorite of mine ... the type of pigskins in a bag like potato chips.

    Unmentionable Cuisine 2003

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