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English
Etymology
From leopard + skin.
Noun
leopardskin (countable and uncountable, plural leopardskins)
- The skin or pelt of a leopard.
- Such a skin forming a simple article of clothing.
1886 October – 1887 January, H Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:I turned, and followed him down the passage, and when we reached the great central cave saw that many Amahagger, some robed, and some merely clad in the sweet simplicity of a leopard skin, were hurrying along it.
- (uncountable, attributive) A design, especially on fabric, similar to the markings of a leopard.
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