Meanings
plural leopardskins · alternative leopard-skin · alternative leopard skin
- countableuncountableSuch a skin forming a simple article of clothing.
I turned, and followed him down the passage, and when we reached the great central cave saw that many Amahagger, some robed, and some merely clad in the sweet simplicity of a leopard skin, were hurrying along it.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC1 more example
Opposite him was the Fat Lady, red-faced and laughing. Beside her, the India-rubber Man wound spaghetti on to a fork with an expression of deepest melancholy. Further down the table, the Strong Man, an overcoat covering his leopard-skin, talked garrulously.
1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 26
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek παρδαλέη, παρδαλῆ
- παρδαλέη (pardaléē)Translations
- παρδαλῆ (pardalê)Translations
Greek παρδαλή
- παρδαλή (pardalí)Translations
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