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whang leather

whang leather noun: a kind of tough leather.

Noun

whang leather (usually uncountable, plural whang leathers)

  1. (usually) A kind of tough leather.
    • This bag is made of whang leather, an oily sort of leather like raw-hide, of which whang-strings are made. The bag, as you may see, is decorated with Indian signs.1916, Boys' Life, volume 5, number 12, page 22
    • He was as tough as whang leather and he was always ready to do anything that any horse near his size could do.2014, Nila Braden, Leather Hinges, page 113

Forms of whang leather

pluralwhang leathers

Questions about whang leather

What does whang leather mean?
Whang leather means a kind of tough leather.
What part of speech is whang leather?
Whang leather is a noun.
What is the plural of whang leather?
The plural of whang leather is whang leathers.

Words near whang leather in the dictionary

  1. whams
  2. whanau
  3. whanaus
  4. whang
  5. Whang Ho
  6. whang leather
  7. whang leathers
  8. whang-doodle
  9. whang-doodles
  10. Whangaehu
  11. whangai

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