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Meanings of leathery in anglès

Resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable.

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Having the texture or appearance of leather.

Usage of leathery in anglès
1
Least of all by police sergeant Fletcher, played by leathery Bryan Brown.
Radio NZ
2
The eyes in his leathery, brown face had grown hard as jade.
A Man Four-Square
3
Rowan could still recall the feel of his leathery hand on hers.
The Heiresses
4
He jiggled one of the pink, leathery cloves in his right palm.
I Am Legend
5
The outer coating was thin and leathery, and of a dull yellow.
In the Eastern Seas
6
She sat under the big eucalyptus which clapped its leathery hands softly.
Captivity
7
The remainder, leathery stuff you will remember, was used to make soup.
The Irish Times
8
But before I got there, I heard the flapping of leathery wings.
The Lightning Thief
9
He stretched out his leathery palm, which now held two shiny quarters.
Ready Player One
10
In Curdie's, his was the cold smooth leathery palm of a monkey.
The Princess and Curdie
11
He was lean and leathery from the sun, with a scraggling beard.
The Name of the Wind
12
Its chief requisites are long hair, leathery lungs and abnormally developed legs.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 01
13
Unfastening the chest pack, she put the amplimet into his leathery hand.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
14
Jaguars are Apex predators and these leathery guys are just another meal.
The South African
15
Mr. Simeon Brown's usual demeanor was that of the most leathery imperturbability.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 / A Magazin...
16
Chow's leathery face broke into a grin as he picked it up.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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