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maroquin

Syllables: ma·ro·quin

maroquin noun: leather made from goatskin.

maroquin: leather made from goatskin
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Noun

maroquin (countable and uncountable, plural maroquins)

  1. (dated) Leather made from goatskin.
    • Oscillating freely a long chair incense swinger, a youthful server, magnificent in white silk stockings and Neapolitan-violet maroquin shoes, presented himself on the threshold in a fragrant veil of smoke.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 122

Synonyms of maroquin

Forms of maroquin

pluralmaroquins

Origin of maroquin

From French, an alteration of marocain (“Moroccan”), where the leather was first produced. Doublet of marocain.

Questions about maroquin

What does maroquin mean?
Maroquin means leather made from goatskin.
What part of speech is maroquin?
Maroquin is a noun.
What is the plural of maroquin?
The plural of maroquin is maroquins.

Words near maroquin in the dictionary

  1. maroons
  2. Maroot
  3. Maroota
  4. Maropa
  5. maropitant
  6. maroquin
  7. maroquins
  8. maror
  9. Maros
  10. Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome
  11. Marotic

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