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sheepskins

sheepskins is the plural of sheepskin.

Meaning of sheepskin

Noun

sheepskin (countable and uncountable, plural sheepskins)

  1. (uncountable) The skin of a sheep, especially an adult sheep, and especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.
    • Near-synonym: lambskin
    Synonyms:
    lambskin
    1. The tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on, especially when used for clothing, rugs, etc.
  2. (US, countable) A diploma, especially the one representing a university or college degree.
    • […] he took his sheepskin with a bow and a gesture that extinguished several of his companions;1919, Henry Blake Fuller, chapter 32, in Bertram Cope’s Year, Chicago: R.F. Seymour, page 302

Questions about sheepskins

What is sheepskins the plural of?
Sheepskins is the plural of sheepskin.

Words near sheepskins in the dictionary

  1. sheepshearings
  2. sheepshit
  3. sheepskin
  4. sheepskin effect
  5. sheepskinned
  6. sheepskins
  7. sheepstealer
  8. sheepstealers
  9. sheepstealing
  10. sheepswool
  11. sheepswool sponge

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