snakeskin

noun

snake·​skin ˈsnāk-ˌskin How to pronounce snakeskin (audio)
: leather prepared from the skin of a snake

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Vegan safari After blowing up in 2024, leopard print is nowhere near done for 2025—in fact, it’s being joined by snakeskin, zebra, and almost the entire animal kingdom. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024 This move aligns with growing pressure from animal rights activists, who advocate for crocodile skin and snakeskin handbags to become as unacceptable as fur coats in global fashion. Essence, 2 Dec. 2024 In the video, Kravitz wears his familiar all leather uniform, this time, in shades of shimmering gold and completed with a pair of snakeskin boots. Nick Hall, WWD, 12 Sep. 2024 Sink into a chocolate snakeskin sofa and gorge on West Cork crab, seafood platters, and Irish beef burgers followed by warm pineapple pudding and raspberry pannacotta—with a pint of Murphy’s Stout (uttering the ‘G’ word in Cork is almost as bad as an actor proclaiming Macbeth). Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for snakeskin 

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of snakeskin was in 1825

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“Snakeskin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snakeskin. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.

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snakeskin

noun
snake·​skin ˈsnāk-ˌskin How to pronounce snakeskin (audio)
: the skin of a snake or leather made from it

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