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sharkskins

sharkskins is the plural of sharkskin.

Meaning of sharkskin

Noun

sharkskin (countable and uncountable, plural sharkskins)

  1. The skin of a shark; shagreen.
    • [B]ut not long after sundown we heard the booming of great sharkskin drums and, with our work done, we hurried in the direction of the music.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 18
  2. A shiny fabric made from synthetic fibers.

Questions about sharkskins

What is sharkskins the plural of?
Sharkskins is the plural of sharkskin.

Words near sharkskins in the dictionary

  1. sharks and minnows
  2. sharks up
  3. sharksfin
  4. sharkskin
  5. sharkskinned
  6. sharkskins
  7. sharksona
  8. sharksonas
  9. sharksploitation
  10. sharksucker
  11. sharksuckers

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