sealskinned

adj

sealskinned

adj

Etymology From sealskin + -ed.

1

Dressed in a sealskin.

  • The sealskinned gentleman received the tire, placed it inside the car, gazed intently at the ex-coachman, and muttered to himself inscrutable words.1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Fifth Wheel”, in Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC:

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