sheepskins

Through the frosty vapor could be seen workmen in short sheepskins and soft felt boots crossing the rails of the curving line.

Anna Karenina 2003

Through the frosty vapour could be seen workmen in short sheepskins and soft felt boots crossing the rails of the curving line.

Chapter XVII. Part I 1917

Through the frosty vapor could be seen workmen in short sheepskins and soft felt boots crossing the rails of the curving line.

Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy 1869

All these were games for "sheepskins" -- bets, five cents; limit, ten cents.

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

He had only to go to headquarters at the close of the day and have his "sheepskins" cashed in genuine greenbacks, and he went away happy and serene, to dream of more "sheepskins."

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

He loved money ( "sheepskins" were money to him), and he would furnish us with anything we wanted for plenty "sheepskins."

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

At the end of the day, the goal should not be simply to have more students with sheepskins, but rather to graduate students who have a rich and rigorous education that prepares them to think critically.

Guest post: 'Academically Adrift,' indeed Daniel de Vise 2011

Each was a spur to the other, and they went into chemistry deeper than did ever students before -- so deep, in fact, that ere they took their sheepskins they could have stumped any chemistry or

Moon Face:The Shadow and the Flash 2010

But sheepskins can (or at least used-to could) be gotten at IKEA, 'cause it's a Swedish thing too.

mrissa: 2010: a not-very-carpeted odyssey mrissa 2010

She even naps them outside, bundled and on sheepskins.

Boot Skootin’ Snot Boogerin’ Nobody’s Sleepin’ Boogie | Her Bad Mother 2009