morocco

plural moroccos

1. countableuncountableA soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.

   Piers put the letter in an envelope and slipped it into a green morocco-covered volume on the window seat – his sister's diary.

   1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 164

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   The purple morocco cases accompanying the latter contained a handsome set of gold ornaments. Louisa was deeply gratified, even more on Charles's account than on her own; it was such injustice on the part of her family to treat him with such insolence as Lady Anne and Lady Rotheles displayed.

   1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 184

   Synonyms: maroquin, morocco leather

2. countableuncountableA sheepskin leather in imitation of this.
3. countableuncountableA very strong ale, anciently brewed in Cumberland.

1. A country in North Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Morocco. Capital: Rabat.

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   Jonathan Hill, professor of international relations in the School of Security Studies at King’s College London, points to ongoing social unrest among rural youths in Morocco as another key reason why the law was passed. He cites the 2011 Arab Spring as an indicator of where such behaviour might lead if left unchecked.

   2018 October 26, Chris Fitch, “Reintroduction of military conscription in Morocco”, in Geographical, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2021

plural Moroccos

1. A surname from Italian.