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单词 pigskin
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pigskinn.adj.

Brit. /ˈpɪɡskɪn/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌskɪn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pig n.1, skin n.
Etymology: < pig n.1 + skin n. With sense A. 1 compare earlier hogskin n. and adj. With sense A. 3 compare slightly earlier peau d'orange n.
A. n.
1. The skin of a pig; leather made from this.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [noun] > skin of pig
hoggerel?c1450
hogskinc1450
boar-skin1686
pigskin?1742
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from pigskin
hogskinc1450
pigskin1899
?1742 Proc. Assizes Peace, Pyer & Terminer for Surrey 1742 26–29 Mar. 12/1 John Upham..was indicted for stealing 48 lb. Weight of Sole Leather, and a tann'd Pig-Skin.
1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 82 Neither are the pig-skins, in common use to hold wine,..by any means ornamental, as they always preserve the form of very bloated pigs.
1899 Times 20 Dec. 15/2 A cigar case, made of pigskin.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 23 Sept. 12/2 The ‘pigskin library’, so called because most of the books were bound in pigskin.
1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 92/3 She couldn't resist fried foods, roasted pigskin, and chicharrón.
2. An object made of pig leather.
a. A container for liquid. Now rare.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > leather
bossc1375
buffyllec1425
black jackc1540
skina1549
budget1579
court-jack1631
pigskin1812
olpe1883
1812 W. Wheeler Let. 18 Aug. (1951) 91 In one place would be a brawny Spaniard with a pigskin of wine, filling vessels for us to drink.
1883 H. W. V. Stuart Egypt 37 Water-carriers loaded with pig~skins were conspicuous among the throng.
1929 Travel Jan. 8/1 Seasons of draught and pestilence the old Indian has known, seasons of plentiful maize and pulque fresh from the pigskin.
b. colloquial. (Now chiefly New Zealand). A saddle. Now rare.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle
saddleOE
arsonc1330
sellc1425
girth1706
saddlery1711
suggan1722
straddle1825
pigskin1839
1839 J. G. Johnston Truth 37 Sometimes I..go kangarooing, which is capital sport, man, only stick to your pig skin (saddle) and avoid the trees.
1894 J. K. Fowler Recoll. Old Country Life vi. 44 He was not particularly noted in the pigskin.
1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. i. 105 Val..had picked him up on his retirement from the pig-skin in 1921.
1960 J. Boswell Ernie 117 Once Togo got the bit between his teeth, it was a case of ‘Stick to the pigskin’ and hope for the best.
1975 P. Newton Sixty Thousand on Hoof 99 Today..it [sc. mustering] is all done in the ‘pig-skin’ (saddle) where the few feet of height gained from being mounted make all the difference to visibility.
c. U.S. colloquial. A football; (also) football as a game.Now usually made from cowhide or other materials.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > [noun] > ball
footballa1425
kick-ball1828
puntabout1845
leather1868
pigskin1889
1889 Outing Dec. 236/2 The pigskin has been kicked on many a field, and if some roughness has been shown in games it has been without serious consequences.
1894 University of Chicago Weekly 11 Oct. 8/2 Roby put the pigskin over the line.
1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 12/2 The brown pigskin whirled through the air straight for the University goal line.
1974 Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 24 Apr. 5 b/1 He carried the pigskin on the end around 11 times for 73 yards, or an average of 6.6 yards per carry.
1992 Sports Illustr. 19 Oct. 10/3 The man who first suggested that pigskin might bring home the bacon..was the school's vice-president for finance.
3. Medicine. = peau d'orange n. Frequently attributive. Now rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > cancer > types of
soft cancer1804
soot-wart?1810
melanosis1826
mastoid cancer1846
skin cancer1847
cancroid1854
epithelioma1872
soot-cancer1878
scirrhus1881
chimney-sweep's cancer1888
peau d'orange1896
pigskin1898
medullary carcinoma1926
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > other diseases or conditions
impetigo1398
deadingc1400
St Anthonyc1405
foulness1559
acrochordon1565
foulness1583
heat1597
bleach1601
Anthony's fire1609
desquamation1726
sivvens1762
erythema1778
rupia1813
morula1817
dermalgia1842
mycosis1846
cheloid1854
keloid1854
morule1857
kelis1864
dermatosis1866
epithelioma1872
vagabond's disease1876
vagabond's skin1876
dermatitis1877
erysipeloid1888
Ritter's disease1888
acanthosis nigricans1890
angiokeratoma1891
sunburn1891
porokeratosis1893
acrodermatitis1894
epidermolysis1894
keratolysis1895
dermographism1896
neurodermatitis1896
peau d'orange1896
X-ray dermatitis1897
dermatomyositis1899
papulo-erythema1899
pyodermia1899
tar acne1899
dermographia1900
radiodermatitis1903
poikiloderma1907
neurodermatosis1909
leishmanoid1922
razor burn1924
pyoderma1930
photodermatosis1931
photodermatitis1933
necrobiosis lipoidica1934
pyoderma gangrenosum1936
fassy1943
acrodermatitis enteropathica1945
chicken skin1946
nylon stocking dermatitis1947
Sézary('s) syndrome1953
pigskin1966
washerwoman's skin1981
strimmer rash1984
1898 A. M. Sheild Clin. Treat. Dis. Breast ix. 346 The skin..has that coarse pitted aspect to which the terms ‘peau d'orange’ and ‘pigskin saddle’ appearance have been well applied.
1943 C. F. Geschickter Dis. Breast xx. 480 The more common pigskin or lenticular dermatitis observed late in the disease in cases of large infiltrating mammary cancer.
1966 G. P. Wright & W. S. Symmers Systemic Pathol. I. xxviii. 1010/2 Other cutaneous changes are local oedema (‘pigskin’, peau d'orange..) due to tumour cells growing in and blocking the lumen of the lymphatics.
B. adj.
1. Made from the skin of a pig.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [adjective] > made of skin or hide of specific animals
buckskin1565
buffle1577
sheepskin1602
oxhide?1609
goatskin?1614
hogskin1658
cowhide1823
goat1833
parfleche1845
shagreened1847
pigskin1855
alligator1861
lizard-skin1895
parfleched1940
1855 Dublin Univ. Mag. Nov. 615/2 The bitumen which, by degrees, filled up all cavities, and made me at last much more like a pigskin buoy than a roasted Cockney.
1899 J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris II. 326 The white pigskin binding with silver clasps.
1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. xvi. 113 Giddy had put on a clean shirt and yellow pig-skin gloves and was whistling his best.
1992 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 6 Aug. (Fashion Suppl.) 3/3 (advt.) Try one on and discover the soft, smooth feel of pigskin leather.
2. colloquial. In extended and allusive use: of or relating to something associated with pigskin, as horse-riding, football, etc. (see sense A. 2).
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1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 54 Pigskin artist, a jockey.
1947 P. Newton Wayleggo 90 The bulk of Castle Hill was pigskin country (i.e., rideable).
1977 Time 14 Nov. 49/2 The British-born geologist..may not help his school's pigskin standings, but no matter.
2004 Boston Globe (Nexis) 19 Jan. b1 Most pigskin pundits agreed that the wintry conditions would hurt the Colts, who regularly play inside the climate-controlled RCA Dome.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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n.adj.?1742
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