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fleshings

fleshings noun: flesh-coloured tights (worn by actors or dancers).

Noun

fleshings pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Flesh-coloured tights (worn by actors or dancers)
    • Presently one of the performers, with a gilt crown on his well greased locks, descended from the staircase, his fleshings covered by a dingy dressing-gown, and mixed with the mob, shaking hands with old acquaintances.1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861

Questions about fleshings

What does fleshings mean?
Fleshings means flesh-coloured tights (worn by actors or dancers).
What part of speech is fleshings?
Fleshings is a noun.

Words near fleshings in the dictionary

  1. fleshiness
  2. fleshinesses
  3. fleshing
  4. fleshing one's maiden sword
  5. fleshing out
  6. fleshings
  7. fleshless
  8. fleshlessness
  9. fleshlier
  10. fleshliest
  11. fleshlight

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