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Buckskins   /bˈəkskˌɪnz/   Listen
Buckskins

noun
1.
Breeches made of buckskin.





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"Buckskins" Quotes from Famous Books



... play 'jack of both sides', for the sake of saving their negroes and cattle. — Among these, a pretty numerous crew, was a wealthy old blade, who had the advantage of one of those very accommodating faces, that could shine with equal lustre on his victorious visitants, whether Britons or buckskins. Marion soon found him out; and as soon gave him a broad hint how heartily he despised such 'trimming'; for at a great public meeting where the old gentleman, with a smirking face, came up and presented his hand, Marion turned from him without deigning to receive it. Everybody was surprised ...
— The Life of General Francis Marion • Mason Locke Weems
... frightened on the edge of the enterprise, joined themselves to stronger ones. The mountain men and trappers delighted to augment the tremors of the fearful, and round the camp fires listening groups hung on the words of long-haired men clad in dirty buckskins, whose moccasined feet had trod the trails of the fur ...
— The Emigrant Trail • Geraldine Bonner
... to the glare of the flames, the foremost woodsman presented a singularly picturesque figure. His costume was the fringed buckskins of the border. Fully six feet tall, this lithe-limbed young giant had something of the wild, free grace of ...
— The Last Trail • Zane Grey


Words linked to "Buckskins" :   plural, knickers, knee pants, knickerbockers, plural form, breeches, knee breeches


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