How to Use buckskin in a Sentence

buckskin

noun

• The buckskin that will clothe him in the future must be protected from moths with the stink-glands of a skunk.
  — The Economist, 3 Feb. 2018
• His buckskin trousers and boots sparkle with rows of silver buttons.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 12 June 2021
• Thibeault wore a handmade buckskin skirt over leggings.
  — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
• Wiry and muscular, he was invariably dressed in a buckskin suit, fringed at the edges, with a deerskin cap ornamented with a fox tail.
  — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2018
• The Warrior, portrayed by a student, wears a fringed, buckskin-like costume that includes a headdress adorned with feathers of pale blue, one of Maine West’s school colors.
  — John Keilman, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• The Maine West Warrior was personified by a student dressed in a buckskin-like costume and a feathered headdress.
  — John Keilman, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
• Instead, a 26-year-old woman wearing moccasins and a Native American buckskin dress strode up the steps.
  — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
• Janis Joplin growled onstage in a fringed buckskin jacket, and Dolly Parton doubled down on rhinestones and cleavage.
  — Sarah Hepola, ELLE, 12 Sep. 2022
• The living room window sills are lined with animal skulls and crystals, and the walls are hung with Carnegie portraits, including a painting of Lucy seated upon a buckskin, wearing a red head scarf and sheathed knife.
  — New York Times, 21 Aug. 2021
• The university doesn't endorse the continuation of a student dressed in buckskin regalia, a headdress and war paint.
  — Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• Before the Beatles, there was the 1950s and wholesome All-American Boone with his perfectly coiffed hair, white suede buckskin shoes, fetching smile and a smooth voice that made millions of teenage girls, and likely their mothers, swoon.
  — Rosemarie Dowell, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 Jan. 2018
• Wearing a fringed buckskin dress and moccasins, Littlefeather refused to take the trophy proffered by presenter Roger Moore.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022
• Wearing a fringed buckskin dress and moccasins, Littlefeather refused to take the Oscar proffered by presenter Roger Moore.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2022
• The studio photograph of Theodore Roosevelt in a buckskin hunting costume, rifle at the ready, remains one of the most iconic images of the American conservation movement.
  — Philip Dray, Time, 1 May 2018
• Topanga, a densely wooded mountain community, is known for crystal shops, neo-hippies wearing buckskin suits, and lawyers who moved from Santa Monica in search of a bigger back yard.
  — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2019
• Hagel named his 9-year-old buckskin gelding Shamrock, after his high school mascot, and Rumsfeld named his Montana, because the arid, mountainous landscape around the Mongolian capital reminded him of that state.
  — Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2019
• Many of her movie costumes are displayed and available to purchase, alongside buckskin war shirts, elaborate feather headdresses, hand-beaded moccasins, and locally made earthenware pottery.
  — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024