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slaps leather

slaps leather is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slap leather.

Meaning of slap leather

Verb

slap leather (third-person singular simple present slaps leather, present participle slapping leather, simple past and past participle slapped leather)

  1. (US, idiomatic) To make a quick motion to draw one's handgun from its holster, especially in a duel in the Old West.
    • [T]he western . . . provides a ready armature for other dramas that have nothing to do with slapping leather, riding horseflesh or kissing purty gals.2001 August 17, Stephen Hunter, “'American Outlaws': The Young And the West-less”, in Washington Post, retrieved 07 Jul 2015
    Synonyms:
    fill one's hand

Questions about slaps leather

What is slaps leather the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Slaps leather is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slap leather.

Words near slaps leather in the dictionary

  1. Slappys
  2. slaps
  3. slaps bellies
  4. slaps down
  5. slaps in the face
  6. slaps leather
  7. slaps on arms
  8. slaps on backs
  9. slaps on hands
  10. slaps on the arm
  11. slaps on the back

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