naugahyde

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noun

An artificial leather made with a knit fabric backing and PVC coating.

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Meanings

naugahyde1

nounnaugahyde (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of Naugahyde

Naugahyde2

nounNaugahyde (uncountable)

alternative naugahyde · alternative naugahide

  1. uncountableAn artificial leather made with a knit fabric backing and PVC coating.

    The floor was of plain yellow tile, the chairs and sofa of what looked like light green Naugahyde.

    1990, Robert Klitgaard, Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa

Origin

A marketing coinage of the 1930s, from Naugatuck, Connecticut, where it was first produced, and hide; it was humorously marketed as being the skin of an animal called a Nauga.

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APA

naugahyde. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naugahyde

MLA

“naugahyde.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naugahyde. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “naugahyde,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naugahyde.

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